August 26: Hold Fast the Faithful Word

It was on this day, August 26, in 1829 that the Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller delivered a sermon at the installation of the Rev. William Buell Sprague. While a student at Princeton,…

August 25: Dr. Egbert W. Smith [1862-1944]

This blog is sponsored by the Historical Center of the Presbyterian Church in America, or more commonly, the PCA Historical Center. Our denomination came out of the old Southern Presbyterian…

August 23: Rev. John Cuthbertson

A Communion for American Covenanters The entire service of Communion that Sabbath day on August 23, 1752 lasted nine hours.  But for some two hundred and fifty Covenanters gathered on that spot,…

August 22: William Paton MacKay

Revive Us Again written by David T. Myers It is a remarkable true story of God's redemptive work. Reared in a Scottish home, William Paton MacKay was born on May…