July 12: The League of Faith

Just What Purpose Did They Serve, Really? Recently in another post, mention was made of an organization called The League of Faith. This group seems largely forgotten now, some eighty…

July 4: John Breckinridge

Lord, Give Us Giants! He was one of those men whom you wish had written more. His son, R. J. Breckinridge, was a prolific writer, but John only left us…

June 24: John Lycan Kirkpatrick

John Lycan Kirkpatrick was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, on January 20, 1813. Alfred Nevin notes that his parents were pious Presbyterians, members of Providence Church, and that John…