The following article was first posted December 14, 2020, but the current version includes new information about Christmas as a federal holiday. In the book review that follows, B. B. Warfield summarizes the development...
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G. B. Strickler, Prisoner, Pastor & Professor
In Southern Presbyterian Worthies, John M. Wells describes the setting of scenic Strickler’s Springs— Near the center of Rockbridge County, Virginia, in the very heart of the Valley of Virginia, rises a massive peak...
Thanksgiving, William Bradford, 1590-1657
While strolling the mall just a few days before Reformation Day, I noticed that the theme-oriented temporary stores, glittering foil ice sickles, Santa’s centrally located seat, holiday food vendors, and the colors red...
John Chester, Presbyterian Yale Man
John was born on August 17, 1785, in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the eldest child of Hon. John Chester and his wife Elizabeth (Huntington) Chester. He was baptized four days later by John Marsh, the pastor of the...
An Observer, The Future of Princeton Seminary, 1906
The following is transcribed from, The New York Observer, Thursday, May 10, 1906, 591-92. THE PRINCETON SEMINARY OF THE FUTURE By an Interested Observcr. ONE of the striking things about an institution with a continuous...
Cyrus H. McCormick, Bringing in the Sheaves
This biography is not about a minister but instead briefly tells the life of a Presbyterian layman who was an inventor and industrialist. His life began on the farm as did many of the lives of antebellum entrepreneurs...
