DECEMBER

28, 1800--William Carey baptizes his first convert in India, Krishna Pal. Multitudes more will turn to Christ through the ministry of his faithful labor.

29, ll70--Thomas A Becket will be martyred today.

29, 1876--Philip Bliss, hardly a month after the ink dried on his manuscript of music he composed for Horatio Spafford’s words, "When peace like a river attendeth my way...", is taking his wife from Buffalo, New York enroute to Chicago for services scheduled to begin the first week of January. It is Friday, and the day of departure. At 8:00 that night, as their train approaches Ashtabula, Ohio, a bridge crossing a ravine will give way. Of 160 passengers, just 14 will survive. Though he will be able to escape, his wife will be hopelessly caught in the wreckage, and he will remain at her side. For three days his friends will remain at the site, but nothing of identification will be found which belongs to him.

Other hymns he has left behind include "Dare to be a Daniel," "Let the Lower Lights be Burning," "Almost Persuaded", "Hold the Fort!" "The Light of the World is Jesus", "I am So Glad that Jesus Loves Me," "Man of Sorrows, What a Name," "I will Sing of My Redeemer," and "Wonderful Words of Life."

31, 1384--John Wycliffe dies. He will prove to be the Morning Star of the Reformation having translated the Word of God into the English language.

JANUARY

1, 1484--Ulrich Zwingli, the great reformer of Switzerland is born to a shepherd whose name is Huldric. He is the 3rd of 8 children.

6, 1521--A second Bull of Excommunication comes from the Pope denouncing Martin Luther and all his adherents.

6, 1850--Charles Haddon Spurgeon is converted in a Primitive Methodist church upon hearing a sermon by a deacon from the text Isaiah 45:22--"Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."

8, 1856--Charles Spurgeon marries Miss Susannah Thompson in the new Park Street Chapel. About 2,000 people have to be turned away.

9, 1700--Miss Sarah Pierrepoint, who is to become the distinguished wife of Jonathan Edwards, is born at Newhaven, Connecticut.

*13, 1406 B.C.-- Moses, the man of God, dies at age 120.--(Deuteronomy 1:5)This is the first day of the month called "Shevat". "His eye was not dim, nor his natural strength abated."--(Deuteronomy 34:7b)

14, 1739--George Whitefield is ordained a preacher of the Church of England.

20, 1669--Miss Susannah Annesley is born in London, England. She will marry Samuel Wesley and will become the mother of 19 children, among whom will be John and Charles.

*23, .... : Noah sends forth a raven from the window of the ark-- (Genesis 8:5-7.

31, 1834—Adoniram Judson completes his translation of the Word of God into Burmese.

31, 1892--Sunday evening at 11:00, Charles Spurgeon dies in the Hotel Beau Rivage in Mentone, France. On his tomb can be found these words, "Here lies the body of Charles Haddon Spurgeon waiting for the appearing of his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ."

**Dates referring to the Jewish calendar may be as much as two weeks at odds due to the rotation of the calendar.

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