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A group of separtists sought to worship God as guided by their conscience. Known as the Pilgrims, they left England for the Netherlands, but soon their religious freedoms were threatened again by the king they had left. Would the New World be their destination? It would be a dangeorus voyage – and even more deadly if they arrived! In 1620 Read more...
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Inscription: John Eliot established here in 1651 a village of Christian Indians called Hassanamesit – “at a place of small stones.” It was the home of James the Printer who helped Eliot to print the Indian Bible. Photo By Robert Aberg, HMDB.org Read more...
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Inscription Text What occurred on Wednesday May 24, 1738, I think best to relate at large, after premising what may make it the better understood. Let him that cannot receive it, ask of the Father of lights, that he would give more light to him and me. I think it was about five this morning that I opened my Testament Read more...
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Inscription: This tablet is erected to the glory of God in commemoration of the evangelical conversion of the Rev. John Wesley, M. A., on May 24, 1738. (The site of the meeting room of The Religious Society was probably 28 Aldersgate Street), and of the Rev. Charles Wesley, M. A., on May 21, 1738, The site of the house is Read more...
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In 1885, a heckler came to Sam Jones‘ meetings. Thomas Ryman (1843-1904) was 42, a Nashville steamboat line owner. He had just moved into a new house, and thought little of this Christian evangelist. But the preaching turned his life around, and he talked to Jones about building a tabernacle for the revival. Seven years and $100,000 later (almost $3,000,000 Read more...
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In 1885, a heckler came to Sam Jones‘ meetings. Thomas Ryman (1843-1904) was 42, a Nashville steamboat line owner. He had just moved into a new house, and thought little of this Christian evangelist. But the preaching turned his life around, and he talked to Jones about building a tabernacle for the revival. Seven years and $100,000 later (almost $3,000,000 Read more...
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“However, from an historical viewpoint, this church is most famous for being the place where Charles Haddon Spurgeon – a very famous Victorian preacher – was converted in January 1850. As a lad of 15, Spurgeon was struggling up Hythe Hill in a snow blizzard one Sunday, trying to get to another church in Colchester. He realised he was not Read more...
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The Billy Sunday Baseball Field was constructed in the 1930s to serve as a consistent playing location for Nevada’s semi-pro baseball team. The field was originally located on the west side of S14, but was soon relocated to its current location, just east of S14. The Nevada High School baseball team began playing at the field around 1934, which prompted Read more...
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According to the Ames Historical Museum, Billy Sunday attended Clearview School, a one-room schoolhouse on the northwest corner of South Duff & Airport Road in Washington Township. At the time, Sunday was living with his maternal grandparents, the Cory’s. Read more...
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In front of the Methodist Church is the Wycliffe Memorial in Lutterworth. Memorial to John Wycliffe, (1324-84). Dated June 1897. Stone with marble panels. Obelisk on granite plinth with four steps to higher rough-hewn granite plinth to stepped pedestal. Panelled foot with inscriptions, coved knop and tall obelisk above. Inscribed ‘John Wycliffe/ Born 1324/ Died 1384/ Rector of Lutterworth/ Read more...