September 7: Vanguard Presbytery
Vanguard Presbyterian was organized this day, September 7, 1972. As John Edward Richards wrote, “There were ministers and churches who could not wait for the formation of the new church. Under…
September 6: Read history!
"Read history ; but read it in the light of God." Our post today comes from the pen of a grand Presbyterian historian, the Rev. Robert P. Kerr [1850-1923], who is…
September 5: Covenanter Slaves
A Final Covenant Twenty-eight Presbyterians signed a final covenant on the eve of their departure from Leith, Scotland in early September, 1685. It said in part, “That, now to leave their own…
September 4: Death of Beatrix Umpherston, lead writer of Children’s Covenant (1686)
Children’s Covenant Our post today is set in the context of the small devotional groups which arose in central and southern Scotland after the death of Richard Cameron and Donald…
September 3: Rev. William Wick [1768-1815]
Congregational Cows and Presbyterian Butter by Rev. David T. Myers There were no roads west of Buffalo, and few boats upon Lake Erie when those first settlements began to be…
