1633: On his deathbed, English poet and clergyman George Herbert,
39, uttered these last words: 'I shall be free from sin and all the temptations and
anxieties that attend it...I shall dwell... where these eyes shall see my Master and
Savior.'
1692:
The Salem Witch Trials in the Massachusetts colony officially began with the conviction of
Rev. Samuel Parris' West Indian slave, Tituba, for witchcraft.
1810:
Georgetown College was chartered in Washington, D.C., making it the first Roman Catholic
institution of higher learning established in the United States.
1910:
The first issue of "The Evening Light and Church of God Evangel" was published
in Cleveland, Tennessee. A. J. Tomlinson, the publishing editor, was an instrumental
figure in the history of the Church of God (also headquartered today in Cleveland,
Tennessee).
1966:
Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth wrote in a letter: If Jesus is and does what we read
in 1 John 2:2, then He prays for all men: for those who already pray and for those who do
not yet pray.'
Source: William D. Blake. Almanac
of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional
information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)
