June 24: Job Prudden
JOB PRUDDEN WAS the great-grandson of the Rev. Peter Prudden, whose ministry—in Hertfordshire, on the borders of Wales—was attended with uncommon success. Many good people followed him, when he sailed…
June 17: Debate on the Convention’s Memorial
The Charleston Observer, Vol. XI, No. 24 (June 17, 1837), page 93 GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Debate on the Memorial of the Convention, touching the citation of Inferior Judicatories—as reported by the Editor…
May 14: Makemie
1908—On May 14, a handsome monument was erected to Makemie's memory, at Makemie Park, Accomac County, Va. On this occasion Dr. Henry vanDyke, famous Presbyterian preacher and author, wrote the following…
November 30: Jonathan Parsons [1705-1776]
One More Presbyterian Minister Stands for Liberty by David T. Myers. “Men of America,” the Presbyterian minister in Massachusetts preached, “citizens of this great country hanging upon the precipice of…
October 13: The Ordination of Adam Boyd
What follows provides us with an interesting insight into the process of licensure and ordination for ministerial candidates nearly 300 years ago. Here too, our readers find out where our…