The congregation for this sermon by John Witherspoon was likely the student body gathered for chapel at the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) based on Witherspoon’s comment, Perhaps, however, there are some...
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John Witherspoon, Lecture, Life and Works
It had been a long and bumpy road to unveiling the Witherspoon statue as is seen in the article, “John Witherspoon Statue, U. S. Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876.” Many individuals contributed their time and...
David Xavier La Far, Charlestonian Huguenot Presbyterian
The Huguenot Church at the corner of Queen and Church Streets in Charleston provides a place of worship for the only extant Huguenot congregation in the United States. Its continued presence is a reminder of the...
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, & Puritans
The header is an illustration from one of the many editions of Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. The picture visualizes the following text as Crusoe recovers...
William S. Plumer, A Father to the Faithful
William Swan was born July 26, 1802 to William and Catherine (McAlester) Plumer in what is currently Darlington, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of nine children. Before attending college at the age of nineteen, he...
William J. Hoge, Virginian Minister
William James Hoge was born in Athens, Ohio, August 14, 1825 to Samuel Davies and Elizabeth Rice (Lacy) Hoge. Elizabeth was the daughter of a Presbyterian minister named Drury Lacy. Samuel was a minister and educator at...
