1587: In Roanoke, Virginia, Manteo became the first American Indian
converted to Protestantism, and was baptized into the Church of England by members of Sir
Walter Raleigh's expedition to the New World.
1682:
The first Welsh immigrants to the American colonies arrived in Pennsylvania. They were
Quakers, and settled near modern Philadelphia.
1727: In
the German village of Herrnhut, religious reformer Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, 27,
organized a group of Bohemian Protestant refugees into the first Moravian community of
"Unitas Fratrum" (united brotherhood).
1908:
Death of Ira D. Sankey, 68. He was Dwight Moody's song evangelist from 1870. During their
revival crusades, Sankey penned many hymn tunes, of which the most enduring today are
HIDING IN THEE ("O Safe to the Rock That is Higher Than I") and SANKEY
("Faith is the Victory").
1919:
Birth of Rex Humbard, pioneer radio and television evangelist. In 1958 Humbard established
the Cathedral of Tomorrow in Akron, Ohio, from which he afterward based his television
ministry.
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)
