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 PrintableVersion 2001 - a Grace odysseyJoy Horn reminds us of the major Christian anniversaries this yearGeneralThe Council of Chalcedon in 451 affirmed that the divine and human natures are united in the person of Christ. The Officers' Christian Union was founded in 1851. James Haldane, Scottish evangelist and minister of the Edinburgh Taber-nacle for nearly 50 years, died in 1851. Isobel Kuhn was born in 1901. A missionary with the China Inland Mission to the Lisu people of West China, her books, especially By Searching, were widely read. Specific datesJanuary 2 James Chalmers, explorer and missionary in the South Pacific, was murdered and eaten by cannibals at Dopima, New Guinea, in 1901. January 6 The statute for burning heretics (then the Lollards) received the signature of the king, Henry IV, and became law on January 16. It was widely used during the reign of Queen Mary (1553-8), when nearly 300 believers were put to death. January 18 Amy Carmichael, missionary to South India, died in 1951. She founded the Dohnavur Fellowship in 1901, to rescue children from temple prostitution. Bedridden for the last 20 years of her life, she wrote many devotional works. February 27 Martin Bucer died in 1551. The leader of the Reformation in Strasbourg, he came to England at Archbishop Cranmer's invitation and influenced the revision of the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. At his death he was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. March 2 William Clowes, a Stafford-shire potter and co-founder of the Primitive Methodists, died in 1851. March 31 Sir John Stainer, organist of St. Paul's Cathedral and composer of many hymns, anthems and the popular oratorio, 'The Crucifixion', died in 1901. April 22 Elijah Coleman Bridgman was born in 1801. In 1830 he was the first American missionary to China. April 28 Anthony Ashley Cooper, later the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury and social reformer, was born in 1801. April 28 John Rippon was born in 1751. The Baptist pastor of Carter Lane church and New Park Street church in London (where he was a predecessor of C.H. Spurgeon), he was responsible for a much-used Selection of Hymns (1827), usually referred to as 'Rippon's Selection'. June 5 John Trapp, the Puritan author of a commentary on the whole Bible, 'characterised by quaint humour and profound scholarship' (as The Concise Dictionary of National Biography has it), was born in 1601. He was the headmaster of Stratford on Avon grammar school from 1622. September 27 John Sung, Chinese Christian leader, was born in 1901. October 26 Philip Doddridge died in Lisbon in 1751 at the age of 49. At Northampton from 1729 he trained many students for the nonconformist ministry, and his The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul is a spiritual classic. October 28 Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, died at Winchester in 901. He promoted education and Christian learning, translating into English some of the fundamental works of theology and spirituality. November 5 Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield was born at Lexington, Kentucky, in 1851. A Bible scholar and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, Warfield was a protagonist of biblical inerrancy, and his books are still widely read and influential. November 1951 The China Inland Mission conference at Bournemouth affirmed its resolve to return to China one day and to send teams to survey the surrounding countries with a view to missionary work there. Joy Horn© Evangelicals Now - January 2001 |
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