John Todd was born April 13, 1792 to Henry and Polly (Boyce) Edgar. His parents were of Scotch-Irish descent and resided in Sussex County in southern Delaware, a region originally settled by Presbyterians seeking...
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Samuel M. Breckinridge, A Christian Gentleman
Samuel Miller Breckinridge was born in Baltimore to John and Margaret (Miller) Breckinridge November 3, 1828. He was named for Margaret’s father, Professor Samuel Miller of Princeton Theological Seminary. John was at...
Alfred H. Mathes, 1828-1878
The walking distance from the home of Alfred Mathes in Washington County, Tennessee to Princeton Seminary in New Jersey is just short of six-hundred miles. If the journey was made today it might follow I-81 through the...
Matthew Henry, A Method for Prayer
Several weeks ago I subscribed to the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals email series, “Pray the Bible.” The source for this ministry is the more than three-centuries old book by Matthew Henry (1662-1714), A Method for...
Resurrection of Christ, Henry Kollock
When this sermon was first posted on Presbyterians of the Past in 2016, the annual remembrance of Christ’s resurrection came early in the year, March 27. For 2024, the date just makes it in at the end of March on...
George Howe, 1802-1883
Travel in the nineteenth century could be dangerous whether by train, ship, bicycle, or horse. Trains could run off the rails and crash or collide with other trains. Ships ran aground or sank in storms and skittish...
