The following comments have been gleaned from a Presbyterian of the past who was responding to what he believed was discourteous and ill mannered seminary student behavior in his day. He offers observations and...
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Francis Herron, 1774–1860
Francis was born on June 28, 1774, the son of David Herron and his wife whose name was possibly Mary. David was a ruling elder in the Middle Spring Church. The family lived about three miles northwest of the church on...
John Witherspoon, 1791-1853
John was born in 1791 at Pembroke across the Trent River from Tryon Palace in New Bern, North Carolina, to David and Mary (Jones) Witherspoon. The infant’s parents and their ancestors may constitute a genealogy for the...
Bethel Presbyterian Church, Clover, SC
The Scots-Irish traveled down the Shenandoah Valley from Pennsylvania establishing settlements along the way and continued to distribute themselves into North Carolina and into South Carolina. They were Presbyterians...
God’s Rainbow in the Heavens
The photograph of a rainbow was taken two Saturdays ago. It is unfortunate that the aperture of the lens was inadequate to show the entire arch which curved high in the sky and appeared to touch the earth at both ends...
Review, Woodrow Wilson, Barry Hankins
Published in 2016 by Oxford University Press, Barry Hankins’s book in the Spiritual Lives series, Woodrow Wilson: Ruling Elder, Spiritual President, provides a perspective on the life and Christian commitment of the...