May 22: The Plan of Union Abrogated [1837]
As settlers moved ever westward in North America, the problem of planting churches in these new regions forced questions of Christian unity and cooperation. So it was that in 1801…
May 21: The First General Assembly & A Later Demise
An Odd Juxtaposition of Dates The First General Assembly Held in America: To Presbyterians, the American Revolution had been a holy war. And now with its winning, Christian Presbyterians could…
May 20: Hezekiah Balch & the Mecklenberg Declaration
Hezekiah James Balch graduated with the A.M. degree from the College of New Jersey (later, Princeton University) in 1766. While a student, he helped to found the Cliosophic Society. After…
May 19: Basis of the PCA’s Book of Church Order
One of the most significant signs of promise for the BCO in the 1870s was that it lost its original association in PCUS opinion with centralization.. Few commented on the localist tendency of the…
May 19: William Jennings Bryan
He Kept the Faith Mention the name of William Jennings Bryan, and most students of history will first think of the Scopes Trial and Clarence Darrow. And our historical figure…
