Avenue Presbyterian Church, under the direction of Rev. L. L. Downing, erected their persistently famous Stonewall Jackson memorial window. Each Sunday, Fifth Avenue’s pastor still preaches from the pulpit with this picturesque image in the background, denoting the phrase, “Let us Cross the River and Rest in the Shade of the Trees.” General Jackson was, of course, well known for his devout Presbyterian faith. What may be most surprising to those unfamiliar with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, however
John Gresham Machen was born in Baltimore, Maryland on July 28th 1881 to parents Arthur Webster and Mary Hones Gresham. From an early age Machen was taught lessons of the bible and of Jesus. His family attended a Presbyterian church called Franklyn Street Presbyterian. (Wikipedia) Machen's father was a lawyer and therefore Machen was considered to be brought up in a rather privileged home. He attendee a private college where he was educated in classics such a Greek and Latin. Machen
to Pennsylvania. About the time of his c his studies preparatory to work in the ministry, he was convinced by a sermon of a certain Reverend Smith, of the unsoundness of his previous religious convictions. Smith, in his history of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, says that his religious awakening was attributable to a conversation of two friends, overheard by
The Market Square Presbyterian Church is a historic institution that attracts individuals from throughout the Harrisburg region (N. Sheets, personal communication, March 17, 2017). It conducts a variety of social service programs and its clergy leads the Downtown Clergy Ministries, a group which works with the Housing Urban Development to serve men experiencing homelessness who are mentally ill. The church reaches out to individuals from all backgrounds, as demonstrated
The True Grit film was directed by Henry Hathaway in 1969, and the novel was published in 1968 by Charles Portis. Mattie Ross is the main character featured in the novel, but she does not have the principal role in the film due to the lead of Rooster Cogburn played by John Wayne. In the novel, Mattie is portrayed as a character who is advanced for her age, brave and not letting anything stop her, but in the movie she seems childish at times. Mattie is a fourteen-year-old girl who goes on an adventure
In 1775, Daniel Boone blazed the Cumberland Trail, and in 1783 the Treaty of Paris gave the newly formed United States all lands west to the Mississippi River. With the end of the war, American interest in the West reached a new level of intensity. This second great migration had significant
that and more. The fact that it’s close to everything by foot, car, bus, or train, make this suburb appealing to work commuters that work in Sydney’s CBD or Parramatta. All the main roads like the M2, M4 Great Western Highway, M7, Old Windsor Road, Cumberland Highway, and James Ruse Drive are easily accessible from Toongabbie. That makes this one of the few suburbs with this kind of major access to Sydney and Parramatta. This quiet, up-and-coming suburb features lovely freestanding homes with large backyards
“Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.”1 These were some of Stonewall Jackson’s Final words. Jackson was one of the most charismatic and influential Generals to have ever participated in the American Civil War. It was his work ethic, morality, and immense military expertise that gained him his infamous recognition and respect. Just a small overview of his life will clearly explain how Stonewall Jackson earned his merit as being one of the most outstanding Civil War generals
William Warren Sweet at the University of Chicago Divinity School as well as Peter G. Mode, argued that churches adapted to the characteristics of the frontier, creating new denominations such as the Mormons, the Church of Christ, the Disciples of Christ, and the Cumberland Presbyterians. The frontier, they argued, shaped uniquely American institutions such as revivals, camp meetings, and itinerant preaching. This view dominated religious historiography for decades. Moos shows that the 1910s to 1940s