December 26: Rev. Elihu Spencer

A  Church Planter One Year, A Country Politician the Next Year — Born  on February 12, 1721, in Millington, Connecticut, Elihu Spencer studied at Yale College, graduating in 1746. Ordained two years…

December 24: Benjamin Rush, M.D.

A Presbyterian Physician Who Signed — He has a number of “firsts” associated with signers of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. He was the only physician who signed that…

December 23: Rev. Samuel Mills Tenney

From Trash to Treasure. Presbyterian pastors love to rumage through old books. Browsing through a used bookstore in Houston, Texas, in 1902, the Rev. Samuel Mills Tenney noticed a bound…