August 31: Sylvester Larned [1796-1820]

The Gospel to New Orleans The Rev. Sylvester Larned, the subject of our post today, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on August 31st, 1796. He was the son Col. Simon Larned, a…

August 30: Rev. Samuel Occam

A Great Blessing of the Great Awakening In these devotionals before, we have written several times on the ministry of David Brainerd to the native Americans in the land.  Some…

August 29: Church Planting

What a Novel Idea! This contributor has been involved in several church plants himself as well as participating in Presbytery church planting efforts in the Presbyterian Church in America.  So…

August 28: Van Horn on WSC Q. 100

STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 100. What doth the preface of the Lord's Prayer teach us? A. The preface of the Lord's…

August 27: Election Day Sermon Series

A Sermon Containing Scriptural Instructions to Civil Rulers …” by Samuel Sherwood (Aug 31, 1774)                      Samuel Sherwood (1730-1783) was a graduate of Yale and Princeton (at the…