December 16: A Most Difficult Sermon

When called upon to preach in difficult situations, there are thankfully available to pastors some great examples from which they can learn. One of the most difficult situations for a pastor…

October 16: Rev. William Buell Sprague

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,…

August 26: William Buell Sprague [1795-1876]

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,…

March 1: Van Horn on WSC Q. 8

STUDIES IN THE WESTMINSTER SHORTER CATECHISM by Rev. Leonard T. Van Horn Q. 8. — How doth God execute his decrees? A. — God executeth his decrees in the works…

January 26: Rev. Moses Kerr [1811-1840]

In 2005, Solid Ground Christian Books did a great service in reprinting three volumes of William Buell Sprague’s Annals of the American Pulpit. The three volumes selected for reprinting were…