BOOK NOTICE–On January 1, 1824 the Presbytery of Kaffraria was organized the first presbytery in Africa. In celebration of this bicentennial A Survey of Presbyterian Mission History in Africa: Historic Beginnings...
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Review, Forgotten Reformer: Myles Coverdale, G. F. Main
The Reformation in England during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547) was propagated by distribution of Martin Luther’s doctrinal and polemical pamphlets. Luther himself could be considered a publishing industry from...
Joachim Neander, A Score & Ten Years
Joachim Neander was born at Bremen, Germany, 1650. His father was a teacher in the local Latin school until he died when Joachim was sixteen years old. After his father’s death, he entered the Reformed University...
John Ross, Hoosier Presbyterians, Indiana
John Ross was born July 23, 1783 to John and Elizabeth (Corcoran) Ross who were Roman Catholics living in Dublin, Ireland. His parents died when he was very young leaving John an orphan. At the age of eighteen he left...
David Wills, Pastor, Chaplain, Teacher
David Wills was born in Mummasburg about five miles north-northwest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1822. He received the Bachelor of Arts from Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee. Tusculum was founded...
Books for Visiting Charleston, South Carolina
While skimming titles on the shelves of one of the rare businesses known as a used bookstore last week, I came across a short section of South Carolina items. The spine garnering my attention was a slightly sunned copy...