The following sermon was delivered by S. Beach Jones, D. D. during the organizational meeting for the Presbytery of Patapsco in Maryland, April 1867. The text is John 18:36 which provides a response to Pilate by Jesus...
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Nash Le Grand, 1768-1814
The year of Nash’s birth is not certain but is believed to be 1768. His great grandparents, Pierre and Judith Vril Le Grand, were Huguenots who settled in the Richmond area of colonial Virginia after fleeing France...
Hope in Christ, John Witherspoon on the Lord’s Supper
The following sermon by John Witherspoon is titled, “The Believer Going to God as His Exceeding Joy,” using the text Psalm 43:4. The occasion for the sermon was a service including the Lord’s Supper. There are many...
John Witherspoon Statue, U.S. Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876
The International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and Products of the Soil and Mine was held in 1876 to commemorate achieving American independence one hundred years earlier. Fortunately, it has come to be known more...
David Xavier La Far, Charlestonian Huguenot Presbyterian
The Huguenot Church at the corner of Queen and Church Streets in Charleston provides a place of worship for the only extant Huguenot congregation in the United States. Its continued presence is a reminder of the...
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, & Puritans
The header is an illustration from one of the many editions of Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. The picture visualizes the following text as Crusoe recovers...
