Sermons and Biblical Studies

(December 21, 1804–April 19, 1881), the 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, was Prime Minister of Britain, 1868, 1874–80. An accomplished author and diplomat, Benjamin Disraeli wrote: The time will come when countless myriads will find music in the songs of Zion and solace in the parables of Galilee. … The pupil of Moses may ask himself … Continue reading “DISRAELI,
BENJAMIN”

(November 23, 1804–October 8, 1869), was the 14th President of the United States, 1853–57; president of New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1850; Brigadier General in Mexican War, 1846–48; U.S. Senator, 1837–42; U.S. Representative, 1833–37; married Jane Means Appleton, 1834; member of the New Hampshire Legislature, 1829–33, being State Speaker of the House, 1831–33; admitted to bar, … Continue reading “PIERCE,
FRANKLIN”

(May 25, 1803–April 27, 1882), was the American poet who wrote the Concord Hymn, 1836. This poem made famous the Revolutionary War battle at Concord, Massachusetts, with the phrase “the shot heard around the world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson acknowledged: All I have seen has taught me to trust the Creator for all I have not … Continue reading “EMERSON,
RALPH WALDO”

(March 1, 1803), was the 17th State admitted to the Union. On August 7, 1789, President George Washington signed into law an Act of Congress which prohibited slavery from entering the territory, entitled “An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio,” Article VI.2185 On April 30, … Continue reading “OHIO,
STATE OF”

(September 4, 1802–November 29, 1847), was an American pioneer, doctor and missionary to the Indians in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Marcus Whitman had practiced medicine for eight years in Rushville, New York, and in Canada before being appointed, in 1836, as a missionary-physician to Oregon, with his wife Narcissa, by the American Board of Foreign … Continue reading “WHITMAN,
MARCUS”

(March 1802), was a professor at Washington Academy in Virginia. He published an account of his travels throughout Kentucky the previous November, giving particular attention to the religious revivals where taking place. With academic skepticism he researched the reports of what was later to be known as “The Second Great Awakening.” Dr. Baxter’s report, printed … Continue reading “BAXTER,
GEORGE”

(February 26, 1802–May 22, 1885), was a French author. He wrote: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1831; Les Contemplations, 1856; Les Miserables, 1862; Legend of the Centuries, 1859–83; and numerous other great works, was deeply involved in politics, and was exiled from France a number of times. Victor Marie Hugo avouched: England has two books, … Continue reading “HUGO,
VICTOR MARIE”

(1802), appointed by Judge Nathaniel Freeman, defined: The laws of the Christian system, as embraced by The Bible, must be respected as of high authority in all our courts and it cannot be thought improper for the officers of such government to acknowledge their obligation to be governed by its rule. … [Our government] originating … Continue reading “MASSACHUSETTS
GRAND JURY”

(July 5, 1801–August 14, 1870), was an Admiral in the U.S. Navy, 1866. He had served as the Navy’s first Rear Admiral, a rank he earned in 1862 by capturing New Orleans during the Civil War. He helped General Ulysses S. Grant capture Vicksburg in 1863, and then took command of a fleet to capture … Continue reading “FARRAGUT,
DAVID GLASGOW”

(May 16, 1801–October 10, 1872), was Governor of the State of New York, 1839–43; U.S. Senator 1849–61; and Secretary of State under President Lincoln during the War between the States, 1861–65. Lincoln’s assassins also attempted to kill him; one of John Wilkes Booth’s accomplices broke into Seward’s home and wounded him. He later served as … Continue reading “SEWARD,
WILLIAM HENRY”