February 25: William Henry & Lucy Sheppard
Congo’s African-American Livingstone Born March 8, 1865 in Waynesboro, Virginia, William Henry Sheppard, a black man, was never a slave. His mother was of mixed-race background, which status made him…
February 24: Rev. Gardiner Spring
Calvary was his hiding place It must be some sort of record. Think of it! The pastor ministered all sixty-three years in the same church. And those six decades were…
February 23: Washington a Christian
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. You may have noticed postings on Facebook and elsewhere with recommended readings in commemoration of the occasion. Peter Lillback's recent work, George…
February 22: Last Meeting of the Westminster Assembly (1649)
All Good Things Must End The last numbered meeting of the Westminster Assembly, marked as "Session 1163", met on this day, February 22d, 1649. The Assembly was never officially dissolved.…
February 21: Caspar Wistar Hodge
February 21, 1830 marks the birth of Caspar Wistar Hodge, youngest son of Dr. Charles Hodge, named after the eminent physician Caspar Wistar [1761-1818]. Another of Dr. Hodge’s sons, Archibald Alexander…
