William Lewis was born near Lexington, Kentucky, July 22, 1803, the eighth child of John and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge. He and his brothers Joseph Cabell, John, and Robert Jefferson were joined by a brother...
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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...
Leighton Wilson’s Find & Evolution
John Leighton Wilson (1809-1886) was born, raised, and schooled in Sumter County, South Carolina, then completed his formal education at Union College, Schenectady, before studying for the ministry in the first...
Duty of Sustaining an Educated Ministry, James Richards
The “Duty of Sustaining an Educated Ministry,” was delivered by James Richards, May 12, 1819, in Cedar Street Presbyterian Church, New York. It has been transcribed from Sermons of the Late Rev. James...
God’s Judgment & Richmond Theater Fire, 1811
Catastrophes redirect people from the temporal to the eternal. After 911, many confused, disconsolate, and mourning individuals who formerly had little thought of God went to churches seeking answers to their questions...
A Survey of Presbyterian Mission History in Africa, Whytock, 2023
BOOK NOTICE–On January 1, 1824 the Presbytery of Kaffraria was organized the first presbytery in Africa. In celebration of this bicentennial A Survey of Presbyterian Mission History in Africa: Historic Beginnings...
