Melancthon Williams, born September 19, 1816, was the first child of Peter and Phebe (Williams) Jacobus. His father owned a saddlery and harness making factory that abutted the family property in Newark, New Jersey. Mrs...
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The Southern and Western Theological Seminary, Maryville, Tennessee
The following excerpt about one minister’s persistence estblishing a seminary in eastern Tennessee is extracted from J. E. Alexander’s A Brief History of the Synod of Tennessee, From 1817 to 1887, Philadelphia: MacCalla...
Review, Expository Reflections on the Gospels, Mark, by O’Donnell
I appreciate the brevity and to-the-point presentation of the Gospel of Mark, so when I saw Douglas Sean O’Donnell’s recently released Expository Reflections on the Gospel of Mark, it piqued my curiosity sufficiently to...
Samuel G. Wilson, Missionary to Tabriz
Samuel Graham was born the third son of Andrew Wilkins Wilson and Anna Graham (Dick) Wilson in Indiana, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1858. Andrew was a ruling elder in the local Presbyterian Church and a respected...
J. Gresham Machen & LeRoy Gresham: Cousins, Confidants, & Churchmen
Read footnote 1 at the end of the title before reading the article. {3} J. Gresham Machen & LeRoy Gresham: Cousins, Confidants, & Churchmen[1] by Barry Waugh Mary and John Jones Gresham had two children that...
Thomas S. Williamson, Missionary Physician of Souls
Thomas Smith was born March 1800 in Union District, South Carolina, to Rev. William and Mary (Smith) Williamson. His father was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Fair Forest. In 1805, the family moved to Adams...
