August 5: Mary Slessor
In these United States, we are accustomed to seeing various historical figures from the early days of our country on our paper currency. From 1997 to 2009, the people of…
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…
July 13: Rev. John Leighton Wilson
THE VENERABLE SECRETARY EMERITUS, REV. J. LEIGHTON WILSON, D. D., DIED AT HIS HOME, NEAR MAYESVILLE, S. C., ON THE I3TH OF JULY, 1886. His death, says one who waited…
February 18: Birth of Walter Macon Lowrie
When God's Children Come to See Me Walter Macon Lowrie was born on February 18, 1819, and came to saving faith in Christ while in college, in 1834. Like Lyman…
June 8 : Understanding the Covenanters
This Day in Presbyterian History: Understanding the Covenanters The young man needed a service project for his church or community to become an Eagle Scout. What Nathaniel Pockras of Ohio eventually chose…