John Wesley was born February 1, 1885 to Jacob and Elizabeth Roth Ischy in their home just across the Ohio River from West Virginia in Hannibal, Ohio. Both Jacob and Elizabeth were immigrants from German-speaking Bern...
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William Richmond Smith, 1752-1820
William Richmond Smith was born May 10, 1752 in Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Rev. Robert Smith and his wife, Elizabeth Blair Smith. He was one of seven children, two of whom died in infancy, two became...
John Blair Smith, 1756-1799
John Blair Smith was born June 12, 1756 in Pequea, Pennsylvania. His mother Elizabeth was the sister of Samuel and John Blair who were the first two ministers of Fagg’s Manor Presbyterian Church (currently Manor...
Willis G. Craig, 1834-1911
Willis Green Craig was born September 24, 1834 on his father’s estate named Waveland near Danville, Kentucky. The infant boy was named for his mother’s father, Willis Green, who moved to Kentucky from Virginia in 1783...
Train Up Your Child, Celebrate the Reformation
Proverbs 22:6 is a familiar Bible verse for many Christians—Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it, and it is the locus classicus, the key passage, cited by churches to...
Reforming Worship Music, Wittenberg and Geneva
A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing; our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing are the familiar opening words written by Martin Luther in his great hymn, A Mighty Fortress. It was composed...
