On this day in 1907, the entire nation of theNetherlands celebrated the seventieth birthday of Abraham Kuyper. A nationalproclamation recognized that “The history of the Netherlands, in Church,in State, in Society, in Press, in School, and in the Scien…
Cameron the Covenanter
On this day in 1680 a company of English dragoons surprised and surrounded a Scottish preacher and a small band of armed men. Deciding to fight to the death, their leader, Richard Cameron, prayed “Lord, spare the green and take the ripe.” The skirmish …