#ordination of Joseph Swain

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Today in Christian History

Today is Wednesday, February 8th, the 39th day of 2023. There are 326 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

356: Athanasius of Alexandria goes into hiding after escaping five thousand soldiers who burst into his church.

1250: Defeat and captivity of King Louis IX of France, “St. Louis,” in a crusade in which he had attacked Egypt.

1529: Revolution breaks out in Basel, Switzerland when a Protestant mob surrounds the town hall, plants cannon, and forces the council to expel the twelve Catholic members, meanwhile destroying church pictures and statues. “We raged against the idols, and the mass died of sorrow,” wrote Reformer Oecolampadius.

1576: Puritan parliamentarian Peter Wentworth is sent to the Tower of London for making a rousing defense of freedom of speech.

1587: Beheading of the Catholic prisoner Mary, Queen of Scots, on the orders of the Protestant queen, Elizabeth I of England. Mary was accused of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth.

1786: Philip Quaque, an Anglican priest serving on the Gold Coast, writes an account of an uprising of slaves on a Dutch ship, and commiserates his fellow Africans on their cruel treatment by slavers.

1792: Ordination of hymnwriter Joseph Swain to pastor a church in London. His most famous hymn was “O Thou in Whose Presence.”

1883: Death of hymnwriter Mary Stanley Dana Shindler. Her best-known hymn began with the words “Flee as a bird to your mountain, thou who art weary of sin.”

1893: Confirmation in the Anglican Church of Hamu Lujonza Kaddu Mukasa. After Muslims take control of Uganda, he will lead a strong military counter-attack and win political control of the nation for Christians. As a trustee of the national church, he will advocate a policy of self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation.

2001: Death of Rousas John Rushdoony, a Presbyterian clergyman and theologian known as the “Father of Christian Reconstruction” who had advocated strict implementation of biblical moral law in America.

[lboogie1906]

Elder Joseph Freeman, Jr. (July 24, 1952) was the first man of African American descent to receive the Melchizedek priesthood and be ordained an elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the announcement of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, which allowed “all worthy male members of the Church” to “be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.”

On June 10, 1978, at a stake priesthood meeting, his name was presented and received unanimous approval for ordination to the Melchizedek priesthood. On June 11, 1978, three days after the announcement of the revelation, he was ordained to the office of elder in the Melchizedek priesthood. The ordination was performed by Bishop Jay Harold Swain. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Today in Christian History

Today is Friday, February 8th, the 39th day of 2019. There are 326 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

356: Athanasius of Alexandria goes into hiding after escaping five thousand soldiers who burst into his church.

1250: Defeat and captivity of King Louis IX of France, “St. Louis,” in a crusade in which he had attacked Egypt.

1529: Revolution breaks out in Basel, Switzerland when a Protestant mob surrounds the town hall, plants cannon, and forces the council to expel the twelve Catholic members, meanwhile destroying church pictures and statues. “We raged against the idols, and the mass died of sorrow,” wrote Reformer Oecolampadius.

1576: Puritan parliamentarian Peter Wentworth is sent to the Tower of London for making a rousing defense of freedom of speech.

1587: Beheading of the Catholic prisoner Mary, Queen of Scots, on the orders of the Protestant queen, Elizabeth I of England. Mary was accused of plotting to assassinate Elizabeth.

1786: Philip Quaque, an Anglican priest serving on the Gold Coast, writes an account of an uprising of slaves on a Dutch ship, and commiserates his fellow Africans on their cruel treatment by slavers.

1792: Ordination of hymnwriter Joseph Swain to pastor a church in London. His most famous hymn was “O Thou in Whose Presence.”

1883: Death of hymnwriter Mary Stanley Dana Shindler. Her best-known hymn began with the words “Flee as a bird to your mountain, thou who art weary of sin.”

1893: Confirmation in the Anglican Church of Hamu Lujonza Kaddu Mukasa. After Muslims take control of Uganda, he will lead a strong military counter-attack and win political control of the nation for Christians. As a trustee of the national church, he will advocate a policy of self-governance, self-support, and self-propagation.

1985: Death in South Hamilton, Massachusetts, of Harold John Ockenga, neo-evangelical leader.

2001: Death of Rousas John Rushdoony, a Presbyterian clergyman and theologian known as the “Father of Christian Reconstruction” who had advocated strict implementation of biblical moral law in America.

[lboogie1906]

Joseph Freeman, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) was the first man of African American to receive the Melchizedek priesthood and be ordained an elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the announcement of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, which allowed "all worthy male members of the Church" to "be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color." On June 10, 1978, at a stake priesthood meeting, his name was presented and received unanimous approval for ordination to the Melchizedek priesthood. On June 11, 1978, three days after the announcement of the revelation, he was ordained to the office of elder in the Melchizedek priesthood. The ordination was performed by Bishop Jay Harold Swain. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CgZK76Cur4NMJfQByZxuzl3JPcIa0irPXBJU0M0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lboogie1906]

Joseph Freeman, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) was the first man of black African descent to receive the Melchizedek priesthood and be ordained an elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) after the announcement of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, which allowed "all worthy male members of the Church" to "be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color." On June 10, 1978, at a stake priesthood meeting, his name was presented and received unanimous approval for ordination to the Melchizedek priesthood. On June 11, 1978, three days after the announcement of the revelation, he was ordained to the office of elder in the Melchizedek priesthood. The ordination was performed by Bishop Jay Harold Swain. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CRtXYBnryqYDj54GVUFasnoXdHOdJQAqxGlyoA0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lboogie1906]

Joseph Freeman, Jr. (born July 24, 1952) was the first man of black African descent to receive the Melchizedek priesthood and be ordained an elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) after the announcement of the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood, which allowed "all worthy male members of the Church" to "be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color." On June 10, 1978, at a stake priesthood meeting, Freeman's name was presented and received unanimous approval for ordination to the Melchizedek priesthood. On June 11, 1978, three days after the announcement of the revelation, Freeman was ordained to the office of elder in the Melchizedek priesthood. The ordination was performed by his Bishop Jay Harold Swain. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/CDDHNEUHxzvudHbB_EyJi0Um-43IcI_A96YZ3Q0/?igshid=1ls245okxlwt6