November 17: Shedd, on the Source of Error
Befitting a long name, a longish sermon on a most important point. William Greenough Thayer Shedd was born in June of 1820 of a distinguished New England lineage. Sensing the call…
September 27: George Tybout Purves, Pastor-Scholar
He was a wanted man The Presbyterian pastor teacher was a wanted man, that is, wanted by theological seminaries to teach at their school. Princeton Seminary wanted George T. Purves to teach…
June 19: Death of Charles Hodge
Charles Hodge enters into eternity Early in July of 1878, on the pages of The Christian Observer, this brief note appeared under the title, “Calvinism and Piety,” : The Christian…
July 2 : John Newton, Missionary
This Day in Presbyterian History: Pioneer Translator Among Presbyterians We all know and love the John Newton of "Amazing Grace" fame, but this John Newton, while named after that beloved…
