Pearl of Great PriceMar 28, 20214 min readMar 29 The Foundling Hospital in LondonToday we remember how Thomas Coram, an English naval captain started the Foundling Hospital for abandoned children in 1751 in London....
Pearl of Great PriceMar 17, 20213 min readMar 18 Charles Spurgeon 'Prince amongst preachers'Today in 1861 the famous Baptist preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon moved his growing congregation to the Metropolitan Tabernacle in...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 15, 20213 min readMar 15 Cardinal Manning & Catholic Social TeachingToday in 1875, Henry Edward Manning was made a cardinal at a consistory convoked by Pope Pius IX, and unusually for Cardinals in the...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 12, 20213 min readMar 13 Rev John Harvard and his universityToday we remember how Harvard College was established in 1636 by vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 11, 20213 min readMar 12 George Berkley, Philosophy and AmericaToday in Ireland in 1685 Anglican bishop and philosopher George Berkeley was born. His philosophy is sometimes referred to as idealism...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 4, 20212 min readMar 5 Roger Williams and American BaptistsToday in 1631 on Rhode Island the first Baptist church in America was established by Roger Williams, a Puritan minister born in London. ...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 3, 20212 min readMar 4 Williams Penn's Holy Experiment - Philadelphia and PennsylvaniaToday in 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his North American land holdings to William Penn in order to pay off debts to...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 2, 20211 min readMar 2 The Death of John Wesley Today in 1791 we remember the death of John Wesley in London. An Anglican priest and theologian, he was described as the best-loved man...
Pearl of Great PriceMar 2, 20212 min readFeb 28 Victorian Slum Priest Charles LowderToday we go back to year 1855 and the founding of the Society of the Holy Cross in Soho, London, by six Anglican priests lead by Charles...
Pearl of Great PriceFeb 27, 20212 min readFeb 27 Keir Hardy, Methodism and the Labour Party Its 1900, London. where the Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party met, to form a Labour Representative Committee. This...
Pearl of Great PriceJan 31, 20215 min readJan 30 - Cromwell and the day of two ExecutionsToday in 1661 the puritan, Oliver Cromwell, and former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, was ritually executed more than two...
Pearl of Great PriceJan 29, 20212 min readJan 16 - The Medici become the Pope's BankersToday in 1412 the Medici family agreed to become the official bankers of the papacy, which turbocharged their businesses across Europe. ...