August 23: Rev. Alexander Cumming

Our post today is drawn from Richard Webster’s History of the Presbyterian Church in America (1857). ALEXANDER CUMMING He was full of prayers. WAS born at Freehold, New Jersey, in…

February 4: Rev. Samuel Davies

He Preached His Own Funeral Sermon by Rev. David T. Myers Subscribers to This Day in Presbyterian History, are familiar with our character today, namely, the Rev. Samuel Davies. If…

January 12: Revival on Campus

The Means for Revival at a Presbyterian College by Rev. David T. Myer In the Life of Ashbel Green, available on-line, we have a summary of the means of a…

January 2: Rev. John Rosbrugh

The First American Chaplain to Die in the Service of his Country. An Irish immigrant, John Rosbrugh was born in 1714, came to the colonies in 1735 with his brother…