The congregation for this sermon by John Witherspoon may have been students in the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) based on Witherspoon’s comment— “Perhaps, however, there are some circumstances that...
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James Latta, Scotch-Irish-American Minister, Old Side
James Latta was born the winter of 1732 in Ireland to Scotch-Irish Presbyterian parents. His father was likewise named James, but his mother, surnamed Alison, was related to American Old Side Presbyterian minister...
Joseph Alexander, William C. Davis, and Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church
Bullock Creek Presbyterian Church was organized in 1769 in what is currently Sharon, York County, South Carolina. The Word was preached and sacraments administered by local supply ministers until 1774 when the...
Committee Report on
Church Music
As was noted in the post, “Contemporary Christian Church Music,” which provided a transcription of an article by T. E. Peck and Stuart Robinson—worship of the Lord in song has been a controversial subject particularly...
Contemporary Christian
Church Music
As Scripture reminds us, there is nothing new under the sun and there is nothing novel about the current spectrum of opinions regarding worship and its music. Presbyterians in the United States had from earliest...
Benjamin Rush, Temperance Movement, and Today
Physician and founding-father Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) published An Inquiry into the Effects of Spirituous Liquors on the Human Body, 1790. The pamphlet brought before the public several problems associated with...
