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Wikipedia: The Holy Club was an organization at Christ Church, Oxford, formed in 1729 by brothers John and Charles Wesley, who later founded Methodism.[1][2][3] The brothers and associates, including George Whitefield, met for prayer, Bible study, and pious discipline. Photo by the author Read more...

From ChurchAndCulture: On Saturday, September 19, 1931, Lewis invited two friends to dine with him in his rooms at Magdalen. One was a man by the name of Hugo Dyson, a lecturer in English Literature at Reading University. The other was Tolkien. On that fall evening, after they had dined, Lewis took his guests on a walk through the Magdalen Read more...

From Wikipedia: The Tyndale Monument is a tower built on a hill at North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England. It was built in honour of William Tyndale, an early translator of the New Testament into English, who was born nearby. It is a Grade II* listed building.[2] The tower was constructed in 1866[2] and is 111 ft (34 m) tall.[3][4] It is possible to enter and climb up a spiral staircase composed of 121 Read more...

Hymn History: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing Author: Robert Robinson   “For disentangling a subject from confusion, for the power of development, for genuine simplification, for invention — what writer ever surpassed Robinson of Cambridge?” (Edwin Hatfield)   The Origin of the Hymn “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Among the hymns that have stood the test of centuries, Read more...

Within a few feet of this spot, John Rogers, John Bradford, John Philpot, and other servants of God, suffered death by fire for the faith of Christ, in the years 1555, 1556, 1557. Wikipedia: John Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular English during the reign of Henry VIII and Read more...

Wikipedia: John Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular English during the reign of Henry VIII and was the first English Protestant executed as a heretic under Mary I. Photo Oosoom CC3.0 Read more...

From Wikipedia: John Foxe (1516[1]/1517 – 18 April 1587)[2] was an English clergyman,[3] theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century and in the reign of Mary I. The book was widely owned and read by English Puritans and helped to mould British opinion on the Catholic Church for several centuries.[4] Photo The Wub, Read more...

From ProtestantAlliance: Statute “De Haeretico Coniburendo”, the “Act for the burning of Heretics” passed in late 1400 or January 1401 was soon implemented – designed to suppress the Lollards, those godly followers of the teachings of John Wycliffe. The Act soon claimed its first victim, William Sawtrey. He was burnt at Smithfield on 26th February 1401. Just how horrific the Read more...

Thanks to Sarah (friend of the site) for finding this and noting the Wikipedia article: On 6 September 1762 John Wesley came to Gwennap and attracted a great crowd of copper tin miners. Unfortunately the day was very windy and Wesley could not make himself heard. Someone suggested the shelter of Gwennap Pit, about 1.5 miles away, so the whole Read more...

Hymn History: Beneath the Cross of Jesus Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane   “She was one of those cheerful people who brighten every corner… Her friends called her ‘Sunbeam’.” (Diana Leagh Matthews)   The Origin of the Hymn “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” Among the tender and reflective hymns of the Christian faith, few express such heartfelt devotion and gratitude for Read more...

Hymn History: Come, Christians, Join to Sing Author: Christian Henry Bateman   “Children become adults, but all adults are still children… Perhaps Bateman wanted to tap into that well of joy that kids so easily gravitate toward, reminding us what joy we adults have…” (David Cain)   The Origin of the Hymn “Come, Christians, Join to Sing” Among the most Read more...

Image Credit: The Acts and Monuments Online. www.dhi.ac.uk/foxe/index.php?realm=more&gototype=&type=image&book=11. ‘WORTHY THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN‘ ‘THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY AND THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH. Rev. XII. II‘ To the Glory of GOD in his suffering Saints This Monument is raised to perpetuate the great principles of Read more...

Hymn History: Nearer, My God, to Thee Author: Sarah Fuller Flower Adams   “All who knew Mrs. Adams personally speak of her with enthusiasm; she is described as a woman of singular beauty and attractiveness, delicate and truly feminine, high-minded, and in her days of health playful and high-spirited.” (Richard Garnett)   The Origin of the Hymn “Nearer, My God, Read more...

From Wikipedia: Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. Author of: When All Thy Mercies, O My God 1 When all your mercies, O my God, my rising Read more...

  From Wikipedia: Alexander was born at 25 Eccles Street, Dublin, the third child and second daughter of Major John Humphreys of Norfolk (land-agent to 4th Earl of Wicklow and later to the second Marquess of Abercorn), and Elizabeth (née Reed).[2] She began writing verse in her childhood, being strongly influenced by Dr Walter Hook, Dean of Chichester. Her subsequent religious work was strongly influenced by her contacts Read more...

From Wikipedia: Alford was a talented artist, as his picture-book, The Riviera (1870), shows, and he had abundant musical and mechanical talent. Besides editing the works of John Donne, he published several volumes of his own verse, The School of the Heart (1835), The Abbot of Muchelnaye (1841), The Greek Testament. The Four Gospels (1849), and a number of hymns, the best-known of which are “Forward! be our watchword,” “Come, Read more...

From Wikipedia: Baker was the son of Vice-admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, C.B., by his marriage with Louisa Anne, only daughter of William Williams, Esq., of Castle Hall, Dorset. His father served with distinction at Guadeloupe in 1815. His grandfather was Sir Robert Baker of Dunstable House, Surrey, and of Nicholashayne, Culmstock, Devon, on whom a baronetcy was conferred in 1796. Sir Henry Williams Baker was born in London on Sunday, 27 May 1821, at Read more...

From Website Martyrs’ Monument in St Andrews, Scotland, enjoys a high-profile location adjacent to the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, overlooking the world-famous Old Course and the spectacular West Sands. It was built to commemorate a number of Protestant figures who were martyred in St Andrews between 1520 and 1560, and highlights the important role that the town played in Read more...

Plaque: George Wishart, 1513 – 1546.  A powerful Protestant preacher, he was betrayed to Cardinal Beaton, brought here, put in the Sea Tower, condemned for heresy and burnt at the stake on 1 March.  The lettering GW on the roadway marks where he died.  His friends conspired against the Cardinal, and on 26 May gained entry to the Castle, killed Read more...

From Wikipedia: Patrick Hamilton (1504 – 29 February 1528) was a Scottish churchman and an early Protestant Reformer in Scotland. He travelled to Europe, where he met several of the leading reformed thinkers, before returning to Scotland to preach. He was tried as a heretic by Archbishop James Beaton, found guilty and handed over to secular authorities to be burnt at the stake in St Andrews.   Read more...