Of his latest article about Scottish church history, Paul James-Griffiths of Christian Heritage Edinburgh writes, “For the next 10-12 weeks we will cover the period from the Rose St Revival in Edinburgh to the last Billy Graham Crusade in Scotland.“ Image: Charlotte Chapel on Rose St, Edinburgh, where the revival began. Today’s congregation is in a different building, in…
1874 HT: www.christianity.com “What work are you in?” The man asking the question had just introduced himself to Ira B. Sankey as Dwight L. Moody. Sankey replied that he worked for the Internal Revenue Service. “Well, you’ll just have to give it up,” said Moody. Sankey was in Chicago to attend a convention. He had…
1808 HT: Dan Graves Personal tragedy sometimes forces us to take a closer look at our lives. At least that’s how it was for Jacob Albright. RIDING ALONG a Pennsylvania turnpike, Jacob Albright encountered a group of road workers. They recognized him as a traveling evangelist, called him filthy names, and hurled stones at him.…
1569 HT: Dan Graves How many Anabaptists died during the sixteenth century persecution in Europe? No one knows for sure. What is certain is that at least 1,500 were cruelly tortured and killed. For the most part these were peaceful citizens who did not believe in war and who became the forerunners of today’s Mennonites…
1556 HT: Dan Graves John Knox’s Vision for Reformation When Knox first preached, his sermons consisted largely of fulminations against Roman Catholic practices. They gave his listeners something to protest against, but nothing to put in place of that which they were asked to discard. In 1556, after a visit to Geneva, Knox began to…
1759 In Everton, England, Anglican evangelical John Berridge preaches outdoors for the first time. His message is one of salvation by grace alone: “Cease from thine own works.” 1901 HT: Dan Graves ON THIS DAY, 14 MAY 1901, the Presbyterian Church in the United States commissioned Althea Brown, an African American, as a missionary. She…
1685 HT: Dan Graves UNDER CHARLES I, Charles II, and James II, staunch Scottish Presbyterians suffered greatly. Many firmly believed no earthly king could be head of the church—as the Stuart kings claimed they were. That role was reserved for Jesus Christ alone. Many Scots (Covenanters) signed a covenant in 1638 denying that the Stuarts…
1886 HT: Dan Graves On this day Monday morning, May 10, 1886, at about five o’clock Anna Katherina Sartorius Barth delivered a son. It was a hard delivery, and the child was ugly. “Karli,” as his parents affectionately called him, was born at home–42 Grellingerstrasse in Basle, with just an aunt attending. Although both parents…
1910 HT: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Alexander Maclaren was born in Glasgow on February 11, 1826, and died in Manchester on May 5, 1910. He had been for almost sixty-five years a minister, entirely devoted to his calling. He lived more than almost any of the great preachers of his time between his study, his…
1779 HT: Dan Graves SHORTLY AFTER COMING TO CAMBRIDGE on 29 January 1779, Charles Simeon faced a serious test of conscience. “It was but the third day after my arrival that I understood I should be expected in about three weeks to attend the Lord’s Supper…The thought rushed through my mind that Satan himself was…