Events by Month.

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Birthdays/Deaths/Events


June


June 18, 1945 The last picture of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., right, the day before he was killed by Japanese artillery on 19 June 1945
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 – June 26, 1796) was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse

July

1738 Samuel Medley, (d Jul 17, 1799) English Baptist clergyman and author of the hymn, 'O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth.'
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/e/d/medley_s.htm

The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army is the head of the Army Chaplaincy. The position was created to better organize the corps. The current Chief of Chaplains is Major General Donald L. Rutherford who was sworn in on July 22, 2011.

The largest recorded hailstone in the United States by diameter 8 inches (20 cm) and weight 1.93 pounds (0.88 kg). The hailstone fell in Vivian, South Dakota on July 23, 2010.

Vivian holds the world record for largest measured hailstone. On July 23, 2010, a hailstone measuring 8 inches in diameter, 18.62 inches in circumference, and 1.93 pounds in weight, fell during a severe storm that impacted the town.[3] This broke the previous record for largest hailstone held by Aurora, Nebraska since 2003.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian,_South_Dakota#World_record_hailstone


Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (August 19, 1843 - July 24, 1921) was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christians.


Daniel Perrin (1642–1719) was one of the first permanent European inhabitants of Staten Island, New York. Known as "The Huguenot", he arrived in New York Harbor from the Isle of Jersey on July 29, 1665 aboard the ship Philip, under the command of Philip Carteret. He lived in Elizabethtown, part of the Elizabethtown Tract (now Elizabeth, New Jersey), for a while before moving across the Arthur Kill and settling on Staten Island. In 1692 he was granted 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land by Governor Benjamin Fletcher in an area along the south shore of Staten Island then known as Smoking Point. During the American Revolutionary War this area was known as Blazing Star, and is now known as Rossville.

August

Born: Au­gust 10, 1841, Man­ches­ter, New York. Mary Artemisia Lathbury
Died: Oc­to­ber 20, 1913, East Or­ange, New Jer­sey.
Buried: Rose­dale Cem­e­te­ry, Orange, New Jer­sey.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/a/t/lathbury_ma.htm

Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (August 19, 1843 - July 24, 1921) was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christians.

September

Charles Davis Tillman
Born: March 20, 1861, Tal­las­see, Al­a­ba­ma.
Died: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1943, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.
Buried: West­view Cem­e­tery, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/l/tillman_cd.htm


1728 Philip Embury (Sep 21 1778 - Aug 1775) born in Ballingrane, Ireland. He was converted in 1752 and emigrated to America in 1760--the first Methodist clergyman in America. In 1766 he began preaching in his own house while he was constructing a chapel on the site of the John Street Church in New York City. The chapel was completed in 1768, and Embury moved to Camden, N.Y., the following year. The congregation he formed there grew into the influential Troy Conference.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Embury


October

Theodore H. Epp (January 27, 1907 - October 13, 1985) was an American Christian clergyman, writer, and a radio evangelist. Epp was the founding director and speaker of the Back to the Bible broadcasts between 1939–1985, heard worldwide on eight hundred stations in eight languages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Epp



Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (October 25, 1811 – May 7, 1887) was the first President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and its most influential theologian. He is commemorated by that church on its Calendar of Saints on May 7.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._F._W._Walther

Rev. Clarence Larkin (Oct 28, 1850– Jan 24, 1924) was an American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher and author whose writings on Dispensationalism had a great impact on conservative Protestant visual culture in the 20th century. His intricate and influential charts provided readers with a visual strategy for mapping God's action in history and for interpreting complex biblical prophecies.

Robert Reynolds Jones, Sr. (October 30, 1883—January 16, 1968) was an American evangelist, pioneer religious broadcaster and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones,_Sr



November

December

Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers.

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January



Edward Perronet (1726 – 2 January 1792) was the son of an Anglican priest, who worked closely with Anglican priest John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley for many years in England's eighteenth century revival.

He is perhaps most famous for penning the lyrics to the well known hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name".

Norman George Heatley (10 January 1911 – 5 January 2004) was a member of the team of Oxford University scientists who developed penicillin. In order to conduct tests on human patients, even more of the drug had to be produced, and again it was Heatley who realised that the most effective vessel for this purpose was something like the porcelain bedpans in use at the Radcliffe Infirmary. These were in short supply because of wartime, so Heatley designed a modified version which was manufactured in the Potteries. With the help of these, the Oxford laboratory became the first penicillin factory, and subsequent tests on human beings proved the efficacy of the new treatment. Even so, it was very difficult to produce enough for sustained treatment, Penicillin was tried on a local policeman, he had a sore on his mouth about a month previously and the infection had spread to his scalp. He'd had abscess there, it spread to both his eyes and one had to be removed. He had abscesses open on his arm, he had abscesses on his lung - he was on his way towards death from the terrible infection. Heatley, Florey, Chain and the rest of the Oxford team, tried it on the dying policeman. This was one of the first tests of penicillin, each day the penicillin was extracted from the policeman's urine and used on him again. It had taken four days for him to improve, but on the fifth day there was not enough penicillin to be extracted.

Yet while Fleming, Florey and Chain all received the Nobel prize for their work, Heatley's contribution was not fully recognised for another 50 years. It was only in 1990 that he was awarded the unusual distinction of an honorary Doctorate of Medicine from Oxford University, the first given to a non-medic in Oxford's 800-year history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Heatley

Robert Reynolds Jones, Sr. (October 30, 1883—January 16, 1968) was an American evangelist, pioneer religious broadcaster and the founder and first president of Bob Jones University.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Jones,_Sr

Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher, and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church."

On January 22, 1886, Moody addressed church members with the following, "I tell you what, and what I have on my heart I believe we have got to have gap-men, men to stand between the laity and the ministers; men who are trained to do city mission work. Take men that have the gifts and train them for the work of reaching the people." This formal meeting, held at Farwell Hall, resulted in the group founding the Chicago Evangelization Society, which was later renamed the Moody Bible Institute after Moody's death.


Rev. Clarence Larkin (Oct 28, 1850– Jan 24, 1924) was an American Baptist pastor, Bible teacher and author whose writings on Dispensationalism had a great impact on conservative Protestant visual culture in the 20th century. His intricate and influential charts provided readers with a visual strategy for mapping God's action in history and for interpreting complex biblical prophecies.

Theodore H. Epp (January 27, 1907 - October 13, 1985) was an American Christian clergyman, writer, and a radio evangelist. Epp was the founding director and speaker of the Back to the Bible broadcasts between 1939–1985, heard worldwide on eight hundred stations in eight languages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Epp

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February

Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 - February 1, 1891) was an English divine and scholar born in London. Today, he is better remembered as author of the hymn, "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plumptre

Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers.

Born: March 24, 1820, Put­nam Coun­ty, New York. Fanny Crosby
Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 12, 1915, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut.
Buried: Mount­ain Grove Cem­e­te­ry, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm

Otis Blackwell (February 16, 1931 – May 6, 2002) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock and roll. His compositions include Little Willie John's "Fever", Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless", Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (with Winfield Scott), and Jimmy Jones' "Handy Man".[1] He should not be confused with another songwriter and producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Blackwell

Jonathan Burtch Atchinson b Feb 17 1840 Wilson NY
d Jul 15 1882 Midland Michigan
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/t/c/atchinson_jb.htm

Charles Monroe Sheldon (February 26, 1857 in Wellsville, New York – February 24, 1946) was an American minister in the Congregational churches and leader of the Social Gospel movement. His novel, In His Steps, introduced the principle of "What Would Jesus Do?" which articulated an approach to Christian theology that became popular at the turn of the 20th Century and had a revival almost one hundred years later.

Roger Vernon Scruton (born 27 February 1944) is a conservative English philosopher and writer. He is the author of over 30 books, including Art and Imagination (1974), Sexual Desire (1986), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), and A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism (2006). He has also written several novels and two operas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Scruton

Mother Ann Lee (29 February 1736 – 8 September 1784) was the leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, or Shakers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Lee

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March

March

Daniel March
Born: Ju­ly 21, 1816, Mill­bu­ry, Mass­a­chu­setts.
Died: March 2, 1909, Wo­burn, Mass­a
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/a/r/c/march_d.htm

William Bradford
Born: March 19, 1589, Aus­ter­field, York­shire, Eng­land.
Died: May 9, 1657, Ply­mouth, Mass­a­chu­setts.
Buried: Bur­i­al Hill, Ply­mouth, Mass­a­chu­setts.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/r/a/bradford_w.htm


Charles Davis Tillman
Born: March 20, 1861, Tal­las­see, Al­a­ba­ma.
Died: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1943, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.
Buried: West­view Cem­e­tery, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/l/tillman_cd.htm

1943 Charles Davis Tillman (b 1861) sing­ing evan­gel­ist. He formed his own mu­sic pub­lish­ing house in At­lan­ta, Georg­ia, and put out 20 Gos­pel song col­lect­ions. At one time, he was song lead­er at the In­di­an Spring Ho­li­ness Camp Meet­ing in Flo­vil­la, Georg­ia. He was the first to pub­lish the spir­it­u­al Old-Time Re­li­gion, which he heard blacks sing­ing at a camp meet­ing in Lex­ing­ton, South Car­o­lina. He had a knack for adopting material from eclectic sources and flowing it into the mix now known as southern gospel, becoming one of the formative influences on that genre. Wrote music for "Life’s Rail­way to Hea­ven."
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/l/tillman_cd.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Tillman




Born: March 24, 1820, Put­nam Coun­ty, New York. Fanny Crosby
Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 12, 1915, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut.
Buried: Mount­ain Grove Cem­e­te­ry, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm

U.S. Marine reinforcements wade ashore to support the beachhead on Okinawa, 31 March 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

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April

Arthur Walkington Pink (1 April 1886 – 15 July 1952) was an English Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar known for his staunchly Calvinist and Puritan-like teachings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Pink

The battleship USS Idaho shells Okinawa on 1 April 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

1736 Robert Raikes England, ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 - 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools. Pre-dating state schooling and by 1831 schooling 1,250,000 children, they are seen as the first schools of the English state school system.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes


David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 – June 26, 1796) was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse


1827 George Atkin Abing­don, Vir­gin­ia (b 16 Ap­ril 1793, Mar­tin, Lind­say, Lin­coln, Eng­land) Meth­od­ist pastor, At­kins served in the Ohio Con­fer­ence, then trans­ferred to Knox­ville, Ten­nes­see, in 1818. Be­sides his min­is­ter­i­al du­ties, he was al­so in­volved with news­pap­ers. In 1826, he re­ceived an ap­point­ment to preach at “Abing­don Town.” Wrote "Brethern We Have Met to Wor­ship"
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/t/k/atkins_g.htm

William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 – April 23, 1982) was a prominent American Christian missionary whose ministry began in the early twentieth century. The organizations he founded, Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International), both remain active and focused on producing translations of the Bible in minority languages, and on facilitating literacy in minority languages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Townsend
www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630715/

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May

Obadiah Bruen Brown (July 20, 1779 – May 2, 1852) was a Baptist clergyman who served as Chaplain of the House (1807–1809 and 1814–1815) and as Chaplain of the Senate (1809–1810).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obadiah_Bruen_Brown

Otis Blackwell (February 16, 1931 – May 6, 2002) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock and roll. His compositions include Little Willie John's "Fever", Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" and "Breathless", Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up" and "Return to Sender" (with Winfield Scott), and Jimmy Jones' "Handy Man". He should not be confused with another songwriter and producer Robert "Bumps" Blackwell.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Blackwell

On 6 May 1910, King Edward VII died, and George became King. He wrote in his diary, "I have lost my best friend and the best of fathers ... I never had a [cross] word with him in my life. I am heart-broken and overwhelmed with grief but God will help me in my responsibilities and darling May will be my comfort as she has always been. May God give me strength and guidance in the heavy task which has fallen on me".

Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (October 25, 1811 – May 7, 1887) was the first President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and its most influential theologian. He is commemorated by that church on its Calendar of Saints on May 7.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._F._W._Walther



American soldiers of the 77th Division listen impassively to radio reports of Victory in Europe Day on May 8, 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

Andrew Murray (9 May 1828 – 18 January 1917) was a South African writer, teacher, and Christian pastor. Murray considered missions to be "the chief end of the church."


William Bradford
Born: March 19, 1589, Aus­ter­field, York­shire, Eng­land.
Died: May 9, 1657, Ply­mouth, Mass­a­chu­setts.
Buried: Bur­i­al Hill, Ply­mouth, Mass­a­chu­setts.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/r/a/bradford_w.htm

On 13 May, troops of the 96th Infantry Division and 763rd Tank Battalion captured Conical Hill. Rising 476 ft (145 m) above the Yonabaru coastal plain, this feature was the eastern anchor of the main Japanese defenses and was defended by about 1,000 Japanese. Meanwhile, on the opposite coast, the 6th Marine Division fought for "Sugar Loaf Hill". The capture of these two key positions exposed the Japanese around Shuri on both sides. Buckner hoped to envelop Shuri and trap the main Japanese defending force.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

A Marine from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines on Wana Ridge provides covering fire with his Thompson submachine gun, 18 May 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa


William Ralph Featherstone
Born: Ju­ly 23, 1846, Mont­re­al, Que­bec, Ca­na­da.
Died: May 20, 1873, Mont­re­al, Que­bec, Ca­na­da.

John Eliot (AUG 4 1604 – 21 May 1690) was a Puritan missionary to the American Indians. His efforts earned him the designation “the apostle to the Indians.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eliot_(missionary)

Lt. Col. Richard P. Ross, commander of 1st Battalion, 1st Marines braves sniper fire to place the division's colors on a parapet of Shuri Castle on 30 May. This flag was first raised over Cape Gloucester and then Peleliu.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

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June

Henry Francis Lyte (1 Jun 1793 - 20 No­v 1847) Orphaned at an early age, Lyte at­tend­ed Trin­i­ty Coll­ege in Dub­lin, Ire­land, dis­ting­uish­ing him­self in Eng­lish po­e­try. In 1815, he was or­dained, and served a num­ber of par­ish­es in Ire­land and west­ern Eng­land. How­e­ver, for most of his ca­reer, he was pas­tor at All Saints Church in Low­er Brix­ham, De­vons­hire, Eng­land. He wrote two books of re­li­gious po­e­try and hymns:

Poems Chief­ly Re­li­gious, 1833 & 1845
The Spir­it of the Psalms, 1834
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Francis_Lyte
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/y/t/lyte_hf.htm

www.hymntime.com/tch/img/e/x/c/excell_eo.jpg

1921 Edwin O. Excell (b. 13 December 1851 d 10 Jun 1921), American hymn writer (Since I Have Been Re­deemed)
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/e/x/c/excell_eo.htm

John Wilbur Chapman (June 17, 1859, Richmond, Indiana – December 25, 1918, New York, New York) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th Century, generally traveling with gospel singer Charles Alexander. His parents were Alexander H. and Lorinda (McWhinney) Chapman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilbur_Chapman

The last picture of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., right, the day before he was killed by Japanese artillery on 19 June 1945
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 – June 26, 1796) was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, clockmaker, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rittenhouse

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July

William Cameron Townsend (July 9, 1896 – April 23, 1982) was a prominent American Christian missionary whose ministry began in the early twentieth century. The organizations he founded, Wycliffe Bible Translators and Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL International), both remain active and focused on producing translations of the Bible in minority languages, and on facilitating literacy in minority languages.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Townsend
www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630715/

Arthur Walkington Pink (1 April 1886 – 15 July 1952) was an English Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar known for his staunchly Calvinist and Puritan-like teachings.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Pink

1738 Samuel Medley, (d Jul 17, 1799) English Baptist clergyman and author of the hymn, 'O Could I Speak the Matchless Worth.'
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/m/e/d/medley_s.htm

Painting by Lloyd Branson showing Carrick (middle) shearing a sheep while meeting with his future son-in-law, Hugh Lawson White, and daughter, Elizabeth

Samuel Czar Carrick (July 17, 1760 – August 17, 1809)[1] was an American Presbyterian minister who was the first president of Blount College, the educational institution to which the University of Tennessee traces its origin.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Carrick


Vivian holds the world record for largest measured hailstone. On July 23, 2010, a hailstone measuring 8 inches in diameter, 18.62 inches in circumference, and 1.93 pounds in weight, fell during a severe storm that impacted the town.[3] This broke the previous record for largest hailstone held by Aurora, Nebraska since 2003.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian,_South_Dakota#World_record_hailstone


Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (August 19, 1843 - July 24, 1921) was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christians.

Ira Frederick Aldridge (July 24, 1807 New York City – 7 August 1867 £ódŸ, Congress Poland), was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles. He is the only actor of African-American descent among the 33 actors of the English stage honored with bronze plaques at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was especially popular in Prussia and Russia, where he received top honors from heads of state.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Frederick_Aldridge

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August

Emily Elizabeth Steele Elliott
Born: Ju­ly 22, 1836, Bright­on, Sus­sex, Eng­land.
Died: Au­gust 3, 1897, Islington, Lon­don, Eng­land.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/e/l/l/elliott_ees.htm

Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 - February 1, 1891) was an English divine and scholar born in London. Today, he is better remembered as author of the hymn, "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plumptre

Ira Frederick Aldridge (July 24, 1807 New York City – 7 August 1867 £ódŸ, Congress Poland), was an American and later British stage actor who made his career largely on the London stage and in Europe, especially in Shakespearean roles. He is the only actor of African-American descent among the 33 actors of the English stage honored with bronze plaques at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. He was especially popular in Prussia and Russia, where he received top honors from heads of state.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ira_Frederick_Aldridge



Born: Au­gust 10, 1841, Man­ches­ter, New York. Mary Artemisia Lathbury
Died: Oc­to­ber 20, 1913, East Or­ange, New Jer­sey.
Buried: Rose­dale Cem­e­te­ry, Orange, New Jer­sey.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/a/t/lathbury_ma.htm

Painting by Lloyd Branson showing Carrick (middle) shearing a sheep while meeting with his future son-in-law, Hugh Lawson White, and daughter, Elizabeth

Samuel Czar Carrick (July 17, 1760 – August 17, 1809)[1] was an American Presbyterian minister who was the first president of Blount College, the educational institution to which the University of Tennessee traces its origin.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Carrick

Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (August 19, 1843 - July 24, 1921) was an American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christians.


Wilbur Nelson, prominent pastor and pioneer religious broadcaster, passed away on August 22, 2003, in Laguna Woods, California, at the age of 92. (Pictured: Wilbur Nelson).

Nelson, who founded the nationally syndicated daily radio ministry, The Morning Chapel Hour, in March of 1944, was a kind of evangelical renaissance man who excelled as a pastor, preacher, broadcaster, author, tenor soloist, song writer, choral conductor, and trombonist.

Wilbur Nelson was a native of Colorado, born in the town of Brighton on September 25, 1910. He was the fourth oldest of 10 children. He came to California at the age of 19, intent on entering the ministry. He had attended Pilgrim Bible College in Colorado Springs and pursued studies at Pasadena Nazarene College in Pasadena, CA. He received Honorary Doctorates from Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, CA, and from the National University of Korea in Pusan, Korea. He was declared an Honorary Citizen of Pusan, the second largest city in South Korea.
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2003/s03080123.htm


George Atkin Born: Ap­ril 16, 1793, Mar­tin, Lind­say, Lin­coln, Eng­land.
Died: Au­gust 29, 1827, Abing­don, Vir­gin­ia.

Buried: His re­mains were re­port­ed moved in 1895 to the Sul­phur Springs Cem­e­te­ry, Bris­tol, Ten­ness­ee.

A Meth­od­ist pastor, At­kins served in the Ohio Con­fer­ence, then trans­ferred to Knox­ville, Ten­nes­see, in 1818. Be­sides his min­is­ter­i­al du­ties, he was al­so in­volved with news­pap­ers. In 1826, he re­ceived an ap­point­ment to preach at “Abing­don Town.”

Sources
•Erickson, p. 238

Lyrics
1.Brethren, We Have Met to Wor­ship
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/t/k/atkins_g.htm

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September

Charles Davis Tillman
Born: March 20, 1861, Tal­las­see, Al­a­ba­ma.
Died: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1943, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.
Buried: West­view Cem­e­tery, At­lan­ta, Georg­ia.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/l/tillman_cd.htm

1943 Charles Davis Tillman (b 1861) sing­ing evan­gel­ist. He formed his own mu­sic pub­lish­ing house in At­lan­ta, Georg­ia, and put out 20 Gos­pel song col­lect­ions. At one time, he was song lead­er at the In­di­an Spring Ho­li­ness Camp Meet­ing in Flo­vil­la, Georg­ia. He was the first to pub­lish the spir­it­u­al Old-Time Re­li­gion, which he heard blacks sing­ing at a camp meet­ing in Lex­ing­ton, South Car­o­lina. He had a knack for adopting material from eclectic sources and flowing it into the mix now known as southern gospel, becoming one of the formative influences on that genre. Wrote music for "Life’s Rail­way to Hea­ven."
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/t/i/l/tillman_cd.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Davis_Tillman



William Crane Gray, Missionary Bishop of Southern Florida
Born September 6, 1835
Lambertville, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Died 1919
Nashville. Davidson County, Tennessee
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crane_Gray

Mother Ann Lee (29 February 1736 – 8 September 1784) was the leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, or Shakers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Lee

Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. 1539 – 9 September 1583)[1] of Devon in England was a half-brother (through his mother) of Sir Walter Raleigh. Adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth[1] and was a pioneer of English colonization in North America and the Plantations of Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Gilbert



Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (August 18, 1856, Wilton, Iowa – September 14, 1932, Hollywood, California) was a writer of gospel songs and composer of gospel tunes. He is said to have written and/or composed between 7,000 and 8,000 songs[1], many of which are available in 21st century hymnals. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_H._Gabriel

1736 Robert Raikes England, ("the Younger") (14 September 1736 - 5 April 1811) was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman, noted for his promotion of Sunday schools. Pre-dating state schooling and by 1831 schooling 1,250,000 children, they are seen as the first schools of the English state school system.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raikes

1704 August Gottlieb Spangenberg (d Sep 18,
1792) was a German theologian and minister, and a bishop of the Moravian Brethren. As successor of Count Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, he helped develop international missions, as well as stabilize the theology and organization of the German Moravian Church.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Gottlieb_Spangenberg



1728 Philip Embury (Sep 21 1778 - Aug 1775) born in Ballingrane, Ireland. He was converted in 1752 and emigrated to America in 1760--the first Methodist clergyman in America. In 1766 he began preaching in his own house while he was constructing a chapel on the site of the John Street Church in New York City. The chapel was completed in 1768, and Embury moved to Camden, N.Y., the following year. The congregation he formed there grew into the influential Troy Conference.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Embury



Wilbur Nelson, prominent pastor and pioneer religious broadcaster, passed away on August 22, 2003, in Laguna Woods, California, at the age of 92. (Pictured: Wilbur Nelson).

Nelson, who founded the nationally syndicated daily radio ministry, The Morning Chapel Hour, in March of 1944, was a kind of evangelical renaissance man who excelled as a pastor, preacher, broadcaster, author, tenor soloist, song writer, choral conductor, and trombonist.

Wilbur Nelson was a native of Colorado, born in the town of Brighton on September 25, 1910. He was the fourth oldest of 10 children. He came to California at the age of 19, intent on entering the ministry. He had attended Pilgrim Bible College in Colorado Springs and pursued studies at Pasadena Nazarene College in Pasadena, CA. He received Honorary Doctorates from Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, CA, and from the National University of Korea in Pusan, Korea. He was declared an Honorary Citizen of Pusan, the second largest city in South Korea.
www.assistnews.net/Stories/2003/s03080123.htm

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December

Priscilla J. Owens
Born: Ju­ly 21, 1829, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land.
Died: De­cem­ber 5, 1907, Bal­ti­more, Mar­y­land.
www.hymnary.org/person/Owens_PJ

Otto Everett Graham, Jr. (December 6, 1921 – December 17, 2003) was an American football quarterback who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League. Graham is regarded by critics as one of the most dominant players of his era, having taken the Browns to league championship games every year between 1946 and 1955, winning seven of them. With Graham at quarterback, the Browns posted a record of 114 wins, 20 losses and four ties, including a 9–3 win-loss record in the playoffs. While most of Graham's statistical records have been surpassed in the modern era, he still holds the NFL record for career average yards gained per pass attempt, with nine. Long-time New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a friend of Graham's, once called him "as great of a quarterback as there ever was."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Graham


Peter Philip Bilhorn
Born: Ju­ly 22, 1865, Men­do­ta, Il­l­inois.
Died: De­cem­ber 13, 1936, Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia.
Buried: In­glewood Park Cem­e­te­ry, In­gle­wood, Cal­i­for­nia.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/b/i/l/bilhorn_pp.htm

www.hymntime.com/tch/img/e/x/c/excell_eo.jpg

1921 Edwin O. Excell (b. 13 December 1851 d 10 Jun 1921), American hymn writer (Since I Have Been Re­deemed)
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/e/x/c/excell_eo.htm

Phoebe Worrell Palmer
Born: De­cem­ber 18, 1807, New York Ci­ty.
Died: No­vem­ber 2, 1874, New York Ci­ty.
Buried: Green­wood Cem­e­te­ry, Brook­lyn, New York.
Daugh­ter of Henry Wor­rall (an im­mi­grant from Ug­hill, West Rid­ing, York­shire) & Do­ro­thea Blanche Wade, Palm­er was a well known 19th Cen­tu­ry evan­gel­ist, in­volved with the “ho­li­ness” move­ment. She mar­ried Wal­ter Clarke Palm­er in 1827, & com­pos­er Pho­ebe Knapp was their daugh­ter. Her works in­clude:
•Promise of the Fa­ther
•The Way of Ho­li­ness

www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630478/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Worrall_Palmer
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/p/a/l/palmer_pw.htm

John Wilbur Chapman (June 17, 1859, Richmond, Indiana – December 25, 1918, New York, New York) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th Century, generally traveling with gospel singer Charles Alexander. His parents were Alexander H. and Lorinda (McWhinney) Chapman.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilbur_Chapman

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November

Dr. Sherwood Eliot Wirt, known to friends and family as Woody, went home to the Lord in the early morning of November 8, 2008. His wife, Ruth, told us that he slipped away in his sleep.
www.sandiegocwg.org/?p=45

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February

February

Edward Hayes Plumptre (August 6, 1821 - February 1, 1891) was an English divine and scholar born in London. Today, he is better remembered as author of the hymn, "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Plumptre

George Beverly "Bev" Shea (born February 1, 1909) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea has often been described as "America's beloved Gospel singer" and is considered "the first international singing 'star' of the gospel world," as a consequence of his solos at Billy Graham Crusades and his exposure on radio, records, and television. According to the Guinness Book of Records Shea holds the world record for singing in person to the most people ever, with an estimated cumulative live audience of 220 million people.[

Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 22, 1899), also known as D.L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers.

Born: March 24, 1820, Put­nam Coun­ty, New York. Fanny Crosby
Died: Feb­ru­a­ry 12, 1915, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut.
Buried: Mount­ain Grove Cem­e­te­ry, Bridge­port, Con­nec­ti­cut.
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/c/r/o/crosby_fj.htm

Jonathan Burtch Atchinson b Feb 17 1840 Wilson NY
d Jul 15 1882 Midland Michigan
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/a/t/c/atchinson_jb.htm

Roger Vernon Scruton (born 27 February 1944) is a conservative English philosopher and writer. He is the author of over 30 books, including Art and Imagination (1974), Sexual Desire (1986), The Aesthetics of Music (1997), and A Political Philosophy: Arguments for Conservatism (2006). He has also written several novels and two operas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Scruton

Mother Ann Lee (29 February 1736 – 8 September 1784) was the leader of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, or Shakers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Lee

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NOVEMBER

Phoebe Worrell Palmer
Born: De­cem­ber 18, 1807, New York Ci­ty.
Died: No­vem­ber 2, 1874, New York Ci­ty.
Buried: Green­wood Cem­e­te­ry, Brook­lyn, New York.
Daugh­ter of Henry Wor­rall (an im­mi­grant from Ug­hill, West Rid­ing, York­shire) & Do­ro­thea Blanche Wade, Palm­er was a well known 19th Cen­tu­ry evan­gel­ist, in­volved with the “ho­li­ness” move­ment. She mar­ried Wal­ter Clarke Palm­er in 1827, & com­pos­er Pho­ebe Knapp was their daugh­ter. Her works in­clude:
•Promise of the Fa­ther
•The Way of Ho­li­ness

www.christianity.com/ChurchHistory/11630478/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Worrall_Palmer
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/p/a/l/palmer_pw.htm

Henry Francis Lyte (1 Jun 1793 - 20 No­v 1847) Orphaned at an early age, Lyte at­tend­ed Trin­i­ty Coll­ege in Dub­lin, Ire­land, dis­ting­uish­ing him­self in Eng­lish po­e­try. In 1815, he was or­dained, and served a num­ber of par­ish­es in Ire­land and west­ern Eng­land. How­e­ver, for most of his ca­reer, he was pas­tor at All Saints Church in Low­er Brix­ham, De­vons­hire, Eng­land. He wrote two books of re­li­gious po­e­try and hymns:

Poems Chief­ly Re­li­gious, 1833 & 1845
The Spir­it of the Psalms, 1834
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Francis_Lyte
www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/l/y/t/lyte_hf.htm

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Bump.