September 20: Archibald Alexander
He Seemed But a Little Boy It was only a year before that Archibald Alexander had been taken under care of the Presbytery of Lexington, Virginia. He was young and…
November 20: Five Days of Note
On this day, Neovember 20: 1774 — Birth of Jacob Jones Janeway, in the city of New York, the eldest child of George and Effie (Ten Eyck) Janeway. The year…
July 31: James Waddell Alexander
A Model Preacher and a Faithful Pastor How does one live in the shadow of a man, albeit your father, who was the leading theologian of the day? The answer…
May 25: Dr. Alexander’s Counsel to his Mother (1823)
The Great Secret of True Comfort It was on this day, May 25th, in 1823, that Dr. Archibald Alexander wrote to his ailing mother, rejoicing in her recent recovery, yet…
April 16: Warfield’s Eulogy for Dr. Paxton
“A nail driven in a sure place.” William Miller Paxton is another of those names that seems now forgotten to the modern ear. He was notably a pastor in Pittsburgh,…