by Peter James | Apr 20, 2024 | Joseph Gilmore
Joseph Henry Gilmore (1834-1918) was a young, newly ordained minister who was asked to substitute for the pastor at a midweek service at First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. The year was 1862, during the darkest days of the Civil War. Joseph intended to preach on all...
by Peter James | Apr 19, 2024 | F. B. Meyer
Emotions are fickle. Feelings are like waves; they come and go. Frederick Brotherton (F. B.) Meyer (1847-1929) made popular the slogan, “Fact! Faith! Feeling!” in his preaching and writing. The point of the motto is the order. First, the facts about Christ. Second,...
by Peter James | Apr 18, 2024 | Anne Hawks
Her pastor saw real talent in her poetry. Robert Lowry, pastor of Hanson Place Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York urged Anne Hawks (1836-1918) to try her hand at writing hymns. When Anne sent Robert a copy of her simple five-stanza hymn, he recognized its potential....
by Peter James | Apr 17, 2024 | Robert Aitken
The Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC has more than six hundred Bibles in its collection. One Bible on display is a rare 1872 Aitken’s Bible, sometimes called Congress’ Bible. Less than thirty copies are still in existence. Although Robert...
by Peter James | Apr 16, 2024 | William Aitken
“Chronological snobbery” was a term coined by Owen Barfield in the 1920s and made popular in the writings of C.S. Lewis in the 1950s. The phrase communicates our modern prediction to regard the past as intrinsically inferior to the present. New is better...
