Charles II Granted Rhode Island New Charter
Twelve years earlier, he had sailed to… Continue reading Charles II Granted Rhode Island New Charter
Category: This Day In Christian History
Oberlin’s Awkward Proposal Resulted in Marriage
Take her for your wife.” The voice in John Frederick Oberlin was insistent. He believed it was God speaking to him. Yet he protested. “It is impossible. Our dispositions and our tastes are so different.” Frederick (for so he was … Continue reading Oberlin’s Awkward Proposal Resulted in Marriage
1st Performance of Samuel F. Smith’s “America”
Samuel Francis Smith was in his last year of seminary at Andover and very poor. To make ends meet, he accepted literary work. That is how it came about that musician Lowell Mason asked him to translate some German verses … Continue reading 1st Performance of Samuel F. Smith’s “America”
Synod of Orange Struggled with Choice
However, the relationship between what God does and what we do remained so unclear that the question has come up in one form or another ever since. Continue reading Synod of Orange Struggled with Choice
Apostolic Beheading; the Death of Paul
The apostle Paul, writing to the Corinthian church, summed up his own contribution to Christianity better than anyone else could. “For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted … Continue reading Apostolic Beheading; the Death of Paul
White Ribbon Women
On Monday morning, December 15, 1873, at 10:00am, about 300 men and women met in the Fredonia Baptist Church. The men prayed while the women organized. The men pledge $1,000 to help the women carry out their work to stop … Continue reading White Ribbon Women
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