July 4: John Breckinridge

Lord, Give Us Giants! He was one of those men whom you wish had written more. His son, R. J. Breckinridge, was a prolific writer, but John only left us…

July 3: Bolters Reply to Presbytery

Today's post provides a good example of  press coverage of the modernist controversy during the 1930s. On July 3d, 1936, the following news item appeared in the Wilmington, Delaware newspaper.…

July 2: An Important Lecture

It was on this day, July 2d, in 1824, that the Rev. Dr. Samuel Miller delivered what was termed an Introductory Lecture, at the opening summer session of the Princeton…

July 1: William Melancthon Glasgow

A Great Historian & Biographer When searching out pre-twentieth century Presbyterian biographies, there are three big names—three primary sources which cannot be overlooked. The unsurpassed efforts of William Buell Sprague…