July 23: Jenny Geddes
The Day of Small Beginnings Drawing from three separate quotations, we have in short compass the story of Jenny Geddes and her little wooden stool, which God used to bring…
July 23: Jenny Geddes (1637)
Our post today is closely adapted from the work by Wm. P. Breed titled Jenny Geddes, or Presbyterianism and Its Great Conflict with Depositism (1869). To read W.P. Breed's book, click here.…
February 28: The National Covenant of Scotland
Scotland's Covenant with God. The intense emotions of many Scot Presbyterians that day became irrepressible. Some wept aloud; some burst into a shout of exultation; some, after their names, added…
February 7: Archibald Campbell, Marquis of Argyle
His Blood Baptized the Cause of Freedom, Conscience, and Pure Religion Earls, barons, lords and marquis — these titles are foreign to countless Americans. Yet to those in Scotland and England,…
January 1: It would have been great if it was true.
With this post, we are pleased to note that we are entering on our third year here at This Day in Presbyterian History. Men of Principle and Men of Expediency What…