APRIL 29
“Dear children, let not my death sadden you, rather rejoice to think that I am leaving a place of many sufferings to go to rest in the quiet sea, the e...”
Schaff, Philip. History of the Christian Church.
Face the Danger of Temptation (1887)
To be incapable of temptation is the privilege of involuntary creatures; a man, or an angel, dares not desire it. So lon...
Events
1380
Death in Rome of Catherine of Siena, Dominican tertiary and mystic. She had exerted a strong influence on world events through her correspondence with the notables of her day.
Authority for the date: New Catholic Encyclopedia.1529
Reformers outlaw the mass in Basel, Switzerland.
Authority for the date: Bainton, Roland H. Hunted Heretic; The Life and Death of Michael Servetus, 1511-1553. Blackstone Editions, 2005.1743
Death in Paris of Charles-Irénée Castel, abbé de Saint-Pierre, who had written many works calling for political, legal, and economic reforms, and who had proposed an international peace-keeping organization.
Authority for the date: Britannica1749
Death of John Philip Boehm, founder of the German Reformed Church in the United States.
Authority for the date: www.findagrave.com1764
John Newton is ordained a deacon in the Church of England. He had been a slaver at the time of his conversion to Christ.
Authority for the date: Duffield, Samuel Willoughby. English Hymns: Their Authors and History. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1886.1849
Major Thomas Jackson confesses Christ by public baptism at St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church Fort Hamilton, New York, officiated by the Rev. Mr. Parks. As a general in the American Civil war, Jackson will exhibit great courage, earning the nickname “Stonewall” and showing deep concern for the spiritual condition of each man under his command.
Authority for the date: Ancestry.com http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.jackson/13525/mb.ashx1866
Imad-ud-din converts from Islam to Christianity in India and becomes a famed preacher, author, and translator.
Authority for the date: Neill, Stephen. A History of Christian Missions. (Pelican History of the Church.)1882
Death of John Nelson Darby, a biblical scholar and founder of the Plymouth Brethren.
Authority for the date: Dictionary of National Biography.