The congregation for this sermon by John Witherspoon was likely the student body gathered for chapel at the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) based on Witherspoon’s comment, Perhaps, however, there are some...
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John Witherspoon, Lecture, Life and Works
It had been a long and bumpy road to unveiling the Witherspoon statue as is seen in the article, “John Witherspoon Statue, U. S. Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876.” Many individuals contributed their time and...
Religious Education, John Witherspoon
The following sermon was delivered the evening of Sunday May 10, 1789 by John Witherspoon to a sizeable crowd in New York’s Old First Presbyterian Church (founded 1716). John Rodgers was the pastor, and he would go on...
James W. Alexander, Kind Hearted Princetonian
James Waddell was born to Archibald and Janetta (Waddell) Alexander in Louisa County, Virginia, March 13, 1804. His ancestry provided direction for who he would become. He was named for his mother’s father, James...
Joseph D. Smith, 1828-1906
Joseph Davis was born May 30, 1828 to David and Jane (Davis) Smith at Moys, Londenderry County, Ireland. When he was nineteen years of age his parents and three siblings—William, David, and Martha—moved to America and...
George Junkin, 1790-1868
George was born November 1, 1790, to Joseph and Eleanor (Cochran) Junkin on the family farm near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Eleanor Junkin was surely a busy mother because her fourteen children would have required every...
