Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (about 100 a.d.) Ignatius is a prisoner chained to Roman guards and taken to Rome to face the wild beasts in the arena because of his testimony as a Christian. On the way Christians hear the news and come to meet him and...
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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM EARLY LIFE Lincoln was born on Feb. 12, 1809, in a log cabin in Hardin (now Larue) County, Ky. Indians had killed his grandfather, Lincoln wrote, "when he was laboring to open a farm in the forest" in 1786; this tragedy left his...
BIOGRAPHY: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOOKMAN After less than two years of formal schooling, Franklin was pressed into his father's trade, but his more profound talents proved to be intellectual. He devoured books by John Bunyan, Plutarch, Daniel Defoe, and...
Hancock, John John Hancock, b. Jan. 23, 1737, d. Oct. 8, 1793, was an American Revolutionary statesman and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born in Braintree (now Quincy), Mass., he was educated at Harvard and trained for...
HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHLecture 1: "Apostolic Fathers" Now this is the first lecture in a series of studies on Church History. And, at the Pensacola Bible Institute here in Pensacola, we consider church history to be second only to...
Henry, Patrick The American political leader Patrick Henry was the most celebrated orator of the American Revolution. He was born on May 29, 1736, in Hanover County, Virginia. Henry failed as both a storekeeper and a farmer before being admitted...
Lee, Robert E.. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER Robert Edward Lee was born on Jan. 19, 1807, at his family's home, "Stratford," in Westmoreland County, Va. His father, Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, had been a cavalry officer during the American Revolution...
JEFFERSON, THOMAS. EARLY LIFE Jefferson was born at Shadwell in what is now Albemarle County, Va., on Apr. 13, 1743. He treated his pedigree lightly, but his mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, came from one of the first families of Virginia; his...