This Day in Presbyterian History

A Land So Far Away? Just suppose, dear reader, just suppose now, that in our blessed country one year, a  bill was approved by both Houses of Congress, sent to…

STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 83. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous? A. Some sins in themselves, and by reason…

“An Election Sermon” by Simeon Howard (May 31, 1780) The Rev. Simeon Howard (1733-1804; Harvard, class of 1758) succeeded the well-known patriot-preacher, Jonathan Mayhew, as Pastor of West Church (Congregationalist)…

Does Doctrine Divide While Mission Unites? This was the sentiment when the schism of 1837 between the Old School and New School Presbyterians was  healed in the days following May 20,…