I apologize for the confusion of dates on the last posting. The subject line date of 19 December was correct. The date December 18 in the body was incorrect. [I tried to take a short cut] <grin> This is the sixth of a one week's evaluation of an enlarged and expanded CHI TIH feature. If you wish to comment please contact me or the list owner. Our addresses are at the end of the article. Today in History (December 20): 1776 Third Continental Congress opens at Baltimore, Maryland 1787 The United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, the Shaking Quakers or Shakers, began a revival movement in colonial America that ignited religious fervor among other denominations, especially in Kentucky and other frontier regions 1803 Death of Samuel Hopkins (b. 1721), colonial American theologian; converted under the preaching of George Whitefield and Gilbert Tennant, Hopkins studied theology under Jonathan Edwards; he pastored two Congregational churches during his life: one in Great Barrington, Massachusetts (1743-69), and the other at Newport, Rhode Island (1769-1803); for the last 30 years of his ministry, Hopkins wrote and preached against slavery - the first American Congregational abolitionist; *** more details available 1823 J. H. Baden, Lutheran editor, founder of missions, born at Westeresch, Hannover 1845 Baldwin Institute was first chartered in Berea, Ohio, by Methodists; in 1854 the school changed its name to Baldwin University; in 1914 the college joined with German Wallace College and adopted the new name Baldwin-Wallace University 1849 William Miller, originator of the Advent Movement which predicted a definite time for Christ's Second Coming; died in Low Hampton, New York (b. 1782); following his conversion in 1816, Miller became interested in second coming of the Lord; he went on a speaking tour in 1841 and predicted that the Lord's second coming would occur sometime between March 21, 1843, and March 21, 1844 1856 Newberry College was chartered in Newberry, South Carolina, under Lutheran auspices; the main campus was transferred to Walhalla, South Carolina, in 1868, but returned to Newberry in 1877 1863 Birth of C. C. (Charles Cutler) Torrey, American biblical linguist; he taught at Andover Seminary (1892-1900) then at Yale University (1900-32); as first director of the School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem (1900-01), Torrey was a specialist in Aramaic and in apocryphal and pseudepigraphical literature; *** more details available 1866 Gustav Adolf Fandrey, Lutheran pastor in the Midwest, president of Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Iowa and Other States, born in Samter, Posen, Germany 1884 Martin C. Kosche, Addison, 1903; teacher in Snohomish, Washington; retired 1956; born in Chicago, Illinois For the current trial and evaluation please 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