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...
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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...
John M. Krebs, German-American Presbyterian
Hagerstown was established by an immigrant named Jonathan Hager from Westphalia in the northwest part of Germany, but before 1814 the village had been named Elizabethtowne for his wife. The property occupied by the...
Joseph Caldwell, University Educator
Joseph was born to Joseph and Rachel (Harker) Caldwell, April 21, 1773, in Lamington, New Jersey. His father was a physician who emigrated from Ulster in the north of Ireland; his mother’s father was a Presbyterian...
The Incarnation of Christ, by William S. Plumer
The following text is a transcription of the chapter, “The Incarnation of Christ,” from The Rock of Our Salvation: A Treatise Respecting the Natures, Person, Offices, Work, Sufferings, and Glory of Jesus Christ, written...