In a few days the Reformation will be celebrated once again. For this post a mix of items relevant to Scotland and the Reformation are provided. The most significant is a brief presentation of Stirling Presbytery...
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Andrew H. Kerr, Sustained by the Lord
Few men were ever called to endure more afflictions and sufferings, but with extraordinary fortitude all his sorrows and trials were cheerfully borne. He buried ten children, and some eighteen months ago his beloved...
Methuselah Baldwin, Past Three Score & Ten
On December 15, 1763 an infant was born the second son of the Baldwins in Newark, New Jersey. While the mother Mehetabel, a biblical name, rocked the sleeping baby she discussed with her husband, Jeremiah, the name of...
John McKnight, Farmer and Presbyterian Visionary
John McKnight was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1754. His father was an officer in the colonial militia during the French and Indian War. John’s mother was left a widow when he was a boy, but she then...
Ethelbert D. Warfield, Higher Education
Ethelbert Dudley was born to William and Mary (Cabell) Breckinridge Warfield at Grasmere near Lexington, Kentucky, March 10, 1861. Ethelbert is the name of the sixth-century king of Kent who is said to have been the...
Necessity & Uniqueness of Scripture: Westminster Confession of Faith, 1:1
Some individuals have said that the Westminster Confession of Faith has ordered chapters one and two out of sequence and they should be swapped. It is said in support of the criticism that the beginning of everything is...
