#Harriet Atwood and Ann Hasseltine ordained as assistant missionaries

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Today in Christian History

Today is Tuesday, February 5th, the 36th day of 2019. There are 329 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

1631: Roger Williams arrives in Massachusetts. Five years later he will flee to Rhode Island after questioning the fusion of church and state in Massachusetts. At Providence, he will establish the first Baptist church in America and his writings on religious liberty will influence the development of religious tolerance in the colonies.

1705: Death in Berlin of German theologian and clergyman Philipp Spener, author of Pia desideria. He had been known as the “Father of Pietism.”

1812: Rev. Jonathan Allen preaches a sermon in Haverhill, Massachusetts, “on the occasion of the young ladies about to embark as wives of Rev. Messieurs Judson and Newell, going Missionaries to India,” “ordaining” Harriet Atwood and Ann Hasseltine as assistant missionaries.

1835: Twelve American Congregationalist missionaries first see Africa from the deck of a ship through a mist. Among them is Daniel Lindley who will win renown educating Africans and pleading with the Dutch-descended Boers to ease their inflexible racism.

1851: Death in Hackney, of Congregationalist John Pye-Smith who had shown ways of reconciling geology and Scripture and been active on social issues such as the corn laws and slavery.

1864: Fanny Crosby writes her first verses for composer William Bradbury, “A Home Beyond the Tide,” the beginning of a long and fruitful hymnwriting relationship.

1900: Death of Pandit Kharah Singh. He had wandered India preaching Christ.

1918: Russia’s Communists issue a Decree on the Separation of Church and State that strips the church of legal rights and the power to hold property.

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Today in Christian History

Today is Monday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of 2018. There are 329 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

1631: Roger Williams arrives in Massachusetts. Five years later he will flee to Rhode Island after questioning the fusion of church and state in Massachusetts. At Providence, he will establish the first Baptist church in America and his writings on religious liberty will influence the development of religious tolerance in the colonies.

1705: Death of German theologian and clergyman Philipp Spener, author of Pia desideria. He had been known as the “Father of Pietism.”

1812: Rev. Jonathan Allen preaches a sermon “on the occasion of the young ladies about to embark as wives of Rev. Messieurs Judson and Newell, going Missionaries to India,” “ordaining” Harriet Atwood and Ann Hasseltine as assistant missionaries.

1835: Twelve American Congregationalist missionaries first see Africa from the deck of a ship through a mist. Among them is Daniel Lindley who will win renown educating Africans and pleading with the Dutch-descended Boers to ease their inflexible racism.

1851: Death in Hackney, of Congregationalist John Pye-Smith who had shown ways of reconciling geology and Scripture and been active on social issues such as the corn laws and slavery.

1864: Fanny Crosby writes her first verses for composer William Bradbury, “A Home Beyond the Tide,” the beginning of a long and fruitful hymnwriting relationship.

1900: Death of Pandit Kharah Singh. He had wandered India preaching Christ.

1918: Russia’s Communists issue a Decree on the Separation of Church and State that strips the church of legal rights and the power to hold property.