1621: In colonial Massachusetts, the Plymouth Colony made a treaty
with the neighboring Indians which both sides kept for fifty years.
1819:
Birth of Joseph P. Webster, American sacred music writer. During his lifetime, Webster
composed over 1,000 pieces of music, including the still-popular hymn tune SWEET BY AND BY
("There's a Land That is Fairer Than Day").
1836:
Birth of Edgar P. Stites, American Methodist frontier preacher and missionary. Stites is
remembered today as author of the hymns "Beulah Land" and "Trusting
Jesus."
1874:
The first meeting of the newly established Young Men's Hebrew Association was held in New
York City. Other early "Y's" were founded in Philadelphia (1875), St. Louis
(1880) and San Francisco (1885). (The YMHA became the forerunner of the modern Jewish
Community Center.)
1930:
Birthday of Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson, religious broadcaster, politician and
founder in 1963 of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN).
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)
