FEBRUARY 6
Heroic Nommensen Created a Lively Church on Sumatra (1834)
“Resolved, By the Ministerial Alliance of the City of Denver, that the attempt made in certain quarters to have the Twenty fifth Regiment, United State...”
Steward, T. G. The Colored Regulars in the United States Army.
Ask Unselfish Things (1897)
Praying always for all saints, Ephesians 6:18. One good counsel will suffice just now. Stop praying so much for yourself...
Events
897
(Probable date) Death of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople, one of the most learned scholars of his day. He had been an enemy of Rome and excommnunicated Pope Nicholas I and his associates, one of the events that will lead to the schism between the eastern and western branches of the church.
Authority for the date: Fortescue, Adrian. “Photius of Constantinople.” Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Appleton, 1911.1481
First auto-da-fé in Spain, a ritual of public penance of condemned heretics and apostates. Such events would often be accompanied by the execution of the “heretics.”
Authority for the date: Durant, Will and Ariel. The Reformation. The Story of Civilization.1497
Death on the European continent of Jean de Ockeghem, a composer of Christian music, including a well-known requiem and many motets.
Authority for the date: Britannica1557
Acting on the earlier command of Cardinal Pole, Roman Catholics at Cambridge, England, dig up the remains of Martin Bucer and Paul Fagius, Protestants who had served as professors at the university, and burn them publicly in the market place.
Authority for the date: James Anderson, Ladies of the Reformation1564
John Calvin preaches his last sermon. His mouth fills with blood and he has to leave the pulpit. He had been carried to church in a chair. Three months later he will die.
Authority for the date: Morgan, Robert J. On This Day. Nelson, 1997.1812
On a bitterly cold day, Adoniram Judson, Gordon Hall, Luther Rice, Samuel Newell, and Samuel Nott are ordained for foreign service at Salem, Massachusetts, the first foreign missionaries of the United States.
Authority for the date: Beaver, R. Pierce. Pioneers in Mission. Eerdman’s, 1966.1857
Presbyterian minister Edward Norris Kirk arrives in Paris to establish its American Church. He was well-known in the United States as a preacher, revivalist, and author. Among those converted under his ministry was Dwight L. Moody.
Authority for the date: Wikipedia.1870
Death in Bristol, England, of Mary Groves Müller, the faith-filled and godly wife of George Müller.
Authority for the date: Rusten, E. Michael and Sharon O. Rusten. One Year Christian History. Tyndale House, 2003.1876
Admission of Daniel Olubi as a priest in Nigeria’s Anglican Church. He had already shown himself an effective worker in the Anglican mission and will become even more influential as the years pass, establishing the gospel among his people.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of African Christian Biography.1910
Death in Washington, DC, of Harriet Eugenia Peck Buell, author of the hymn “A Child of the King.”
Authority for the date: Cyberhymnal.