April 23: Virginia Tidball
A SMALL FUNERAL On April 23, I attended a funeral of a member of my local congregation. She had been a founding member, attending a Bible study before a pastor…
January 9: Rev. Henry A. Boardman [1808-1880]
A Young Pastor Caught in the Middle The Old School/New School division of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. officially took place in 1837. But the controversy had been roiling along for…
June 17: Old School Prepares to Act (1837)
The following is a newspaper account of the proceedings of the PCUSA General Assembly of 1837, in which the Old School men effectively excised four New School synods from the…
February 24: Rev. Gardiner Spring
Calvary was his hiding place It must be some sort of record. Think of it! The pastor ministered all sixty-three years in the same church. And those six decades were…
December 21: Rev. Eleazar Whittlesey
Despite Your Weaknesses—Often Because of Your Weaknesses—God Can Use You. It has always been an issue with some of the covenant people of God that they often cannot relate…