September 11: Edward Henry Buist
One of Thornwell's Students. A name not widely known today, but a man, a pastor, a servant of the Lord who was widely known in his day, to the point…
September 6: Formation of the Bible Presbyterian Synod
The first General Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church Meets They said that the Presbyterian Church of America which began in 1936 had been ”a false start.” Issues regarding the exact details associated…
September 3: Rev. F. R. Beattie
One of the Last Great Southern Presbyterians was a Canadian! Francis Robert Beattie was born near Guelph, Ontario, Canada on 31 March 1848. His father was Robert Beattie and his…
August 30: William C. Cattell, D.D.
Drawing again, in part, from Nevin's Presbyterian Encyclopedia, we read today of a man who gave himself unselfishly to the establishment of a school. Twenty Years the President of Lafayette…
August 26: William Buell Sprague, D.D.
Today's post is drawn from Alfred Nevin's Encyclopedia of the Presbyterian Church (1884), p. 850: The Long Pastorate of a Great Pastor and Biographer William Buell Sprague was born in Andover,…