This Day in Presbyterian History

August 27: Church of Scotland Adopts WCF (1647)

Westminster Confession Approved by Church of Scotland You may ask upon reading the title of this contribution, why are we thinking about adoption of the Westminster Confession of Faith, when the whole This Day in…

archivist 27 August, 2014

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…

davidtmyers 26 August, 2014

August 25: The Five Articles of Perth (1618)

Usurpers, Pretenders, and the One True King. It was an ancient issue in many respects. Who was the king of the church? Was it the king of the British Isles, or…

davidtmyers 25 August, 2014

August 24: The Great Ejection (1662)

A New Act Brings Mass Resignations Suppose . . . just suppose now . . . that you as a minister, or your minister, had a certain time period to…

davidtmyers 24 August, 2014

August 23: Alexander Cumming [1726-1763]

Our post today is drawn from Richard Webster's History of the Presbyterian Church in America (1857). He was full of prayers. Alexander Cumming was born at Freehold, New Jersey, in…

archivist 23 August, 2014

August 27: Church of Scotland Adopts WCF (1647)

August 26: Hold Fast the Faithful Word

August 25: The Five Articles of Perth (1618)

August 24: The Great Ejection (1662)

August 23: Alexander Cumming [1726-1763]

April 8: Rev. Charles Ware Stewart

April 2: The Last Time the General Synod Met

March 26: Death of Rev. Lapsley

March 7: The Ordination of Theron Hawkes