#C.S. Lewis acknowledges that most of what he writes is evangelistic

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Today in Christian History

Today is Friday, November 25th, the 329th day of 2022. There are 36 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

1639: Death of John Spottiswoode, who had sought to assimilate the Presbyterian church of Scotland into the Church of England, and served as Archbishop of St. Andrews, Primate of All Scotland. He had also written The History of the Church and State of Scotland.

1731: Birth in Hertfordshire, England, of William Cowper, who becomes a notable pre-Romantic poet, known in Christian circles for the hymns “God Moves in Mysterious Ways,” and “There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood,” and a collection titled Olney Hymns ( with John Newton) .

1792: Birth of Sarah Grimké in Charleston, South Carolina. She becomes a notable abolitionist and advocate of women’s rights, writing An Epistle  to the Clergy of the Southern States Against Slavery and Letters on Women’s Suffrage with the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman.

1883: Death in Battle Creek, Michigan, of evangelist and abolitionist Sojourner Truth (Isabella Van Wagener). Born a slave, she had experienced visions and voices, which she attributed to God. However, she attached herself early to a cultish Methodist group whose leader beat her.

1899: Individuals with Church of Christ leanings open a little stone chapel at Wampoony, South Australia.

1901: Death of American scholar Joseph Henry Thayer, who produced a famous Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, for many years the standard in its field.

1926: Louise Rathke, RN, first Missouri Synod deaconess, sails for India as a missionary.

1958: In a rejoinder to critic W.N. Pittenger, published in The Christian Century, C.S. Lewis acknowledges that most of what he writes is evangelistic.

2001: Islamic authorities in Turkey order pastor Ahmet Guvener to halt construction on a church that is almost complete, alleging he has illegally changed the architectural plans. He will soon be placed on trial.