James Latta was born the winter of 1732 in Ireland to Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parents. His father’s name is not certain, but his mother, surnamed Alison, was related to American Old Side Presbyterian minister...
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Joseph Alexander,
William C. Davis, and
Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church
Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church was organized in 1769 in what is currently Sharon, York County, South Carolina. The Word was preached and sacraments administered by local supply ministers until 1774 when the...
Committee Report on
Church Music
As was noted in the post, “Contemporary Christian Church Music,” which provided a transcription of an article by T. E. Peck and Stuart Robinson—worship of the Lord in song has been a controversial subject particularly...
Contemporary Christian
Church Music
As Scripture reminds us, there is nothing new under the sun and there is nothing novel about the current spectrum of opinions regarding worship and its music. Presbyterians in the United States had from earliest...
Benjamin Rush,
Temperance Movement,
and Today
Physician and founding-father Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) published An Inquiry into the Effects of Spirituous Liquors on the Human Body, 1790. The pamphlet brought before the public several problems associated with...
Smyrna Presbyterian Church
Robert McLees, 1820-1866
The church at Smyrna addressed by Jesus in Revelation 2 was located on a scenic bay at the base of Mt. Pagos in the southwest portion of what is currently Turkey. Smyrna was considered the loveliest city in the most...
