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From the marker: This building, Kiokee Church’s sixth meeting house, was erected in 1937 with the help of many Georgia Baptists as a monument to Daniel Marshall. Not later than 1770, he was arrested for preaching in Colonial Georgia at a site east of this marker. At a trial in Augusta before Colonel Edward Barnard and Parson Edward Ellington of Read more...
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Pioneer missionary, John Mason Peck (1789-1858), saturated Missouri and Illinois with the gospel, evangelizing, organizing churches, and establishing the Baptist movement in the West. At Southern Illinois University Dental School, this memorial plaque highlights his life and legacy: On this site in 1831, John Mason Peck (1789-1858), pioneer Baptist preacher, author, and educator, established the school which became Shurtleff Read more...
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Hymn History: He Lives Author: Alfred Henry Ackley “He once said, ‘The thought of His ever-living presence brought the music promptly and easily.’” (Bruce Creswell) The Origin of the Hymn “He Lives” (I Serve a Risen Savior) Few gospel hymns capture the joy and assurance of the resurrection as powerfully as “He Lives”, also known by its opening Read more...
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The Old Rugged Cross is one of the most beloved – and most claimed hymns! Our Christian Heritage has been to the Old Rugged Cross church on Pokagon, MI where it was first performed in its entirety and we’ve interviewed the couple that restored the church. We’ve also been to Sturgeon Bay, WI where the Friends Church is that it Read more...
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George Bennard was born in Youngstown, Ohio, but his parents would move to Iowa. When he was a teenager, he was invited to a Salvation Army meeting at 176 South 1st Avenue, Canton, Illinois, where he knelt at the “mourner’s bench” and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior. The Canton Salvation Army still has that mourner’s bench on display. After Read more...
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From the website: The Old Rugged Cross Historical Museum is an outgrowth of a memorial cross erected and dedicated on September 14, 1954, north of Reed City, Michigan, near the home of Reverend and Mrs. George Bennard. Reverend Bennard was the author of well-loved hymn “The Old Rugged Cross” written in 1913. The museum presently contains mementos and relics not only Read more...
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John Blair Smith was the second president of Hampden-Sydney College, founded by his older brother. From Banner of Truth: This was certainly true at Hampden-Sydney and the President, John Blair Smith, also a Presbyterian pastor of two nearby, small congregations, Briery and Cub Creek, was deeply grieved. He and the members of his churches began to pray for revival Read more...
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John Blair Smith was a significant figure in the early history of American higher education and Presbyterian leadership, best remembered for his role as the first president of Hampden–Sydney College. His life, though relatively brief, was marked by intellectual ability, religious conviction, and a steady commitment to shaping young men for both ministry and civic responsibility in the formative years Read more...
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The David Brainerd Log House is a modest yet historically significant site associated with David Brainerd, one of the most influential missionary figures of early American history. Located near Easton, the log house stands as a reminder of Brainerd’s labors among Native American communities during the mid-eighteenth century. David Brainerd was born in 1718 in Connecticut and came of age Read more...
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David Brainerd (1718-1747) died at age 29, but inspired missionaries such as William Carey and Jim Eliot. He was a struggling farmer but during the Great Awakening on July 12, 1739, “the Lord… brought me to a hearty desire to exalt him, to set him on the throne, and to ‘seek first his Kingdom,’ i.e., principally and ultimately to aim Read more...
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Wikipedia Crosby and Rider moved to 226 Wells Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut in summer 1906 because of Rider’s cancer.[297] Carrie died of intestinal cancer in July 1907, and Phoebe Knapp died on July 10, 1908.[91] Weeks later, Ira Sankey died having just sung “Saved by Grace”, one of Crosby’s most popular compositions.[298] On May 2, 1911, Crosby spoke to 5,000 people at the opening meeting of the Read more...
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I left Wisconsin for a visit to Myanmar (ancient Burma), where throughout the entire country the legacy of Adoniram Judson (see Plymouth, MA) is visible. During my trip, I read the biography of Judson, To The Golden Shore. When it mentioned an individual with ties to Wisconsin, I had to learn more, and started digging thru the archives. Over a Read more...
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It was a five mile walk along the CB&Q railroad track, but the teenager, who also worked long hours at a coal mine, had heard about the Salvation Army meetings in Canton and decided he wanted to see what it was all about. Meetings at that time often lasted until 11 p.m., but after walking the five miles home after Read more...
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Rev. Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 12, 1826 and at age 22 entered the University of Lewisburg (now Bucknell University). After graduating at age 28 he served as pastor in West Chester, PA; New York City; Brooklyn; and then returned to Lewisburg, where he was a professor and received an honorary doctorate. Monument Text: The Read more...
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Hymn History: We Three Kings of Orient Are Author: John Henry Hopkins Jr. “A clergyman who combined literary ability with musical composition, writing both words and tunes for his hymns”(Wikipedia) The Origin of the Hymn “We Three Kings of Orient Are” The Christmas carol We Three Kings of Orient Are is one of the most recognizable and enduring Read more...
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From FindaGrave: Hymn Composer. The author of over 2,000 hymns which are still available in print, he is remembered his widely popular songs “What a Wonderful Savior!,” “Enough for Me,” “Is Thy Heart Right With God?,” “Are You Washed in the Blood?,” “No Other Friend Like Jesus,” “Is Your All on the Altar?,” and “I Must Tell Jesus.” He also Read more...
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Hymn History: When the Roll is Called Up Yonder Author: James Milton Black “Well, I trust when the roll is called up yonder, she’ll be there.”(Spoken by James Milton Black when a girl was absent from his Sunday school class) The Origin of the Hymn “When the Roll is Called Up Yonder” The hymn When the Roll Is Read more...
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Reuben Archer Torrey, also known as R.A. Torrey, worked with Dwight L. Moody in Chicago, and became superintendent of what is now Moody Bible Institute, then-Chicago Evangelization Society. In 1894 he was pastor of Chicago Avenue (now Moody) Church. Heading to the West Coast, Torrey was dean of the Bible Institute Of Los Angeles (BIOLA), and in 1915 he was Read more...
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Although it is in a cemetery, this is not the grave of Phillip P. Bliss, rather his earthly remains are in the mass grave in Ashtabula, OH. However, because his home was in Rome, Pennsylvania, the cemetery features a cenotaph (a monument built to honor someone whose remains are elsewhere) to P. P. Bliss. Hymns by Philip Bliss found Read more...
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Image Credit: Photo: Philip P. Bliss Marker. www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=155306. The marker reads: The great singing evangelist and gospel song writer was born July 9, 1838, in a log house which stood a little distance from here. He lived and worked on the farm and in nearby lumber camps until the age of 16. _____ Hymn History: Hallelujah, What a Savior! Read more...