Grantian Florilegium

Hymn #443 in the 1875  Wesley Hymnal  (or #431 in the  Collected Works of John and Charles Wesley ) is a remarkable call for faithful ...

The Coventry Carol is a 14th-16th century English Christmas Carol. It is the second of three songs in a traditional Nativity Pageant, a l...

"This day, In sadness borne, We must confess: The Spirit of the Age Has crushed The infant in the cradle. And yet: ...

It is one of the great ironies of our day that Christians can pray, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven,” and not ac...

The great Swiss church historian, Merle d'Aubigné, visited Thomas Chalmers and his family in Edinburgh during the winter of 1840. M...

One hundred and fifty years ago today, Union and Confederate forces clashed for five bloody hours on the fields in and around Franklin, Te...

The first few winters in the New World were treacherous for the new American colonists. In the Plymouth colony, the settlers died in drov...

“O, let the sacred obligations of this generation sink deep into our hearts. A great trust has descended to new hands. Let us apply our...

“Never will I sit motionless while directly or indirectly apology is made for the murder of the helpless." Theodore Roosevelt Teddy...

As affecting as is the image of terrorists crashing into buildings in an effort to take as many lives as possible, the image of firemen ru...