December 17: Thornwell and the Board Debates (1840-1860)
Earliest Inklings of a Long Discussion It was on this day, December 17th, in 1840, that James Henley Thornwell wrote of his intention to address an issue which would then be…
October 27: Inauguration of Francis L. Patton (1881)
Frances Landey Patton [22 February 1843 – 25 November 1932] was certainly coming up in the world! This native of the Bermuda Island had pastored three churches, beginning in 1865, prior…
October 21: Believers in Unbelieving Churches
Machen's article only becomes more relevant with the passing years. What Should Be Done by Christian People Who are in a Modernist Church? by Dr. J. Gresham Machen [The following…
October 3: The Spirit of Presbyterianism
And so our Saturday tours through PRESBYTERIANISM FOR THE PEOPLE ended last week. Apparently that book proved popular enough that its author, the Rev. Robert P. Kerr, was encouraged to expand…
September 23: William Holmes McGuffey [1800-1873]
Home School Education in the Nineteenth Century They are still being used today! McGuffey Readers, that is. But what an important force they have had from the early days of our land up to the…
