Good mormimg fellow reseachers. This is the first of a one week's evaluation of an enlarged and expanded CHI TIH feature. If you wish to comment please follow instructions at the end of the article. Today in History (December 15): 1754 Paul Henkel, home missionary of the eighteenth-century Lutheran Church, born near Salisbury, North Carolina 1790 Mary (Catlett) Newton, wife of Anglican hymnwriter John Newton ("Amazing Grace") died after 40 years of marriage; her husband outlived her by 17 years 1808 Birth of Henry F. Chorley, English music journalist, in Blackley, England; ** 1811 Johannes Theodorus Vanderkemp, missionary to South Africa, died in South Africa (b. 1747 in Rotterdam, Holland); doctor and pioneer missionary to South Africa; ** 1815 Hartwick Seminary, oldest Lutheran Seminary in America, opened 1830 Birth of Lewis Henry Redner, American Episcopal organist and composer of the hymn tune for "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (ST. LOUIS), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; ** 1837 Birth of Ethelbert William Bullinger, Anglican clergyman, in Canterbury, England; .... he composed several hymn tunes, including BULLINGER ("I Am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus") ** 1843 Birth of A. B. (Albert Benjamin) Simpson, Anglican clergyman, on Prince Edward Island, Canada; ....he established the Christian Alliance in 1887 and the International Missionary Alliance in 1889; in 1897 these two societies were joined to form the Christian and Missionary Alliance, one of the most mission-minded of today's Protestant denominations ** 1844 H. C. Wyneken, professor at Springfield Seminary, born 1880 Oswald W. Kreinheder, president of Conover College, born in Buffalo, New York; ** 1896 Thomas B. Pollock, hymnist, died ** More details available-contact brotherjohn- For this trial and evaluation to work and be worthwhile I ask that you help us by; 1) withholding your comments until Saturday the 18th of December so that you do not jump to any conclusions based on a limited viewing. 2) that you direct your comments to me or Mary and not to the mailing list . To do that please do not hit the reply button, but rather open a new e-letter, copy and paste one or both of our e-mail addresses, which are near the bottom of this message, into the address box of your new e-letter [if you use both addresses seperate them by a semicolon and a space]. All we need for your response to this trial is the acronym _ PSA _ in the subject line and your comments in the body of the e-letter. We do not need copies of this message unless you find fault with the message itself. If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for now, contributor John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net The list owner is Mary D. Taffet mdtaffet@mailbox.syr.edu