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God delivers from sin (1900)

Because he has loved me, therefore I will deliver him—Psalm 91:14 (NASB). We all have some weak point in our chara...

Events

1405

Jean de Gerson preaches a powerful sermon before the King of France, rebuking the treatment of the poor. Considered reform-minded, he will nonetheless join in condemning reformer Jan Hus at Constance.

Authority for the date: De Montmorency, James Edward Geoffrey. Thomas à Kempis: His Age and Book. London: Methuen, 1906.

1571

Don Juan of Austria defeats the Turkish fleet at Lepanto.

Authority for the date: Vailhé, Siméon. “Lepanto.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company

1747

Sudden and unexpected death of Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of Princeton and the main instigator in its creation. He had sided with the revival movement sweeping America in the mid-eighteenth century.

Authority for the date: http://etcweb.princeton.edu

1772

Death of John Woolman, an American Quaker. He had traveled through the thirteen American colonies preaching against the draft, taxes for military equipment, ill treatment of Indians, and slavery. His simple life and godly writings earned him great respect.

Authority for the date: Encyclopedia Americana 1956.

1787

Death of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, patriarch of Lutheranism in North America. He had written a unified liturgy for America’s Lutherans and founded the North America’s first Lutheran synod.

Authority for the date: Episcopal Church. Holy Women, Holy Men.

1796

Death in Glasgow, Scotland, of Thomas Reid, a parish minister, who is considered a father of commonsense philosophy because of his contributions to the understanding of how people learn through their five senses.

Authority for the date: Britannica.

1817

Samuel Leigh, Methodist missionary to Australia, opens the first Methodist church built in Australia, the work of John Lees, a farmer. It will form one preaching place on a thirteen-stop circuit that Leigh will establish.

Authority for the date: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/leigh-samuel-2348

1857

Spurgeon preaches to his largest congregation ever, more than twenty-three thousand, at the Crystal Palace.

Authority for the date: ” Fast Day Service.” http://www.spurgeon.org/sermons/0154.htm

1873

Lottie Moon arrives in China. She will say, “If I had a thousand lives, I would give them all for the women of China.”

Authority for the date: Deen, Edith. Great Women of the Christian Faith. New York: Harper, 1959.

1887

Death of George J. Webb, American organist and composer, who wrote the music for “Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus.”

Authority for the date: ” George James Webb.” http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/w/e/b/webb_gj.htm

1917

Chinese Christians in Shanghai dedicate a new church in which Cantonese will be spoken. It has a medical dispensary for the poor, a Sunday school, a Christian Endeavor Society for youth, and other church activities.

Authority for the date: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity.

1925

Death of Jonah of Manchuria, who as bishop founded an orphanage, fed the needy, provided medical care, created a library, and founded a school for five hundred children.

Authority for the date: www.saintjonah.org/stjonahlife.htm

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