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...
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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...
An Easter Thought
A Kingdom Not of This World
The following sermon was preached by Rev. S. Beach Jones, D. D., 1867. The header image shows the first edition King James Version text for the sermon, John 18:36. Barry Waugh It is scarcely necessary to remind you of...
New Testament Names and Designations for Jesus
“What’s in a name?” asks Juliet as she speaks to Romeo from the balcony in Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Whether a rose be called by another name, it would still have its sweet...
William T. Sprole, James K. Polk, and West Point
William Thomas was born March 16, 1809 to Rebecca (McConnell) and William Sprole in Baltimore, Maryland. His early education was directed by a local minister named John Gibson. When he was sixteen years old William...
