Showing posts with label Old School Presbyterianism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old School Presbyterianism. Show all posts

Old Princeton Watch: 31 Jul 1859, Passing of A.A. Alexander's Son, James Waddell Alexander


The Rev. Mr. James Waddell Alexander, an old Princetonian scion and the son of the ever-revered Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander.  I've studied Dr. Alexander's commentary on Isaiah.  JW Alexander, son of AA Alexander, passed away 31 Jul 1859.  It would appear that he had New School tendencies towards revivalism, but better documentation is needed.  "The old Princetonian Presbyterians," en toto, were

This Day in Presbyterian History: Tolerance or Liberal Takeover?




One slight caveat below:  we believe that the Rev. Dr. Macartney was the Pastor of First Presbyterian, Pittsburg, rather than Arch Street Presbyterian, Philadelphia.  Also, Dr. Macartney was commendably an old school Confessionalist like the Rev. Dr. J. Gresham Machen.

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