Chaplain Armstrong made his way to North Carolina with the Second Maryland marching nearly 500 miles from Philadelphia to camp at Wilcox’s Ironworks just south of what is currently Siler City. He wrote William Churchill...
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Collecting the Offering Discreetly
The pictures that follow this introduction show my “The Left Hand Doesn’t Know What the Right Hand is Doing Collection Box” (i.e. Matthew 6:3). It is modeled after the original box I saw in the Presbyterian Historical...
Presbyterians Attempt to Revise the Westminster Confession, 1891
As is sometimes the case when searching the web for information, I come across an interesting article unrelated to the topic of my search and such is the case for this post. A few excerpts from a local newspaper...
Samuel Blatchford, Immigrant Pastor & Educator
Some Americans captured at sea during the Revolutionary War were held in Mill Prison in Plymouth, England. In February 1792 one prisoner, Captain John Green, wrote a letter to Henry Laurens in London. Green’s letter...
Matthew Henry, Presbyterian Minister and Bible Commentator
Matthew was born prematurely October 18, 1662, at Broad Oak, Flintshire, to Katharine and Philip Henry (1631-1696). His mother was the only child of Daniel Matthews; his father was the minister of the Worthenbury Church...
Robert Dick Wilson, Man of Many Languages
Robert Dick Wilson was born to Anna Graham (Dick) and Andrew Wilkins Wilson February 5, 1856 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Andrew was a successful local merchant. Robert was taught to read by his mother before he began...
