December 9: James Patriot Wilson
Our post today is drawn from Richard Webster’s History of the Presbyterian Church. The son of Rev. Dr. Matthew* and Elizabeth Wilson, James Patriot Wilson was born at Lewes, Sussex County,…
December 8: At the Crossroads
The Rev. Dr. Donald Bray Patterson was a son of the manse, his father having served for many years as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States.…
December 7: Samuel Miller and the Danger of Politics
"I look back on that whole part of my early history with entire disapprobation and deep regret. On two points I totally disapprove my own conduct. In the first place,…
December 6: Chaplain Ralph Gurley
A Preacher’s “Kid” Serves Congress as Chaplain by Rev. David T. Myers Ralph Randolph Gurley did not have a prayer, as the expression goes, in not being a minister of the gospel.…
December 5: Walter Smith (Hymn Writer)
The Next Time You Sing . . . Whether it is from the original Trinity hymnal on page 35, or the red Trinity Hymnal on page 38, both editions of…
