1861 - Union General Nathaniel Lyons takes control of St. Louis to end rioting, seizing Camp Jackson (Confederate militia) and 1200 1855 Springfield Rifles

1862 - Federal mortar boats, shelling Fort Pillow, are attacked by a makeshift Confederate fleet. The U. S. responds in force, with ironclads. Although the 8 Confederate boats manage to sink 2 ironclads (the Cincinnati and Mound City) the battle of Plum Run Bend or Plum Point ended when the Rebels withdrew to Fort Pillow

1861 - Union General Nathaniel Lyons takes control of St. Louis to end rioting, seizing Camp Jackson (Confederate militia) and 1200 1855 Springfield Rifles

1862 - Federal mortar boats, shelling Fort Pillow, are attacked by a makeshift Confederate fleet. The U. S. responds in force, with ironclads. Although the 8 Confederate boats manage to sink 2 ironclads (the Cincinnati and Mound City) the battle of Plum Run Bend or Plum Point ended when the Rebels withdrew to Fort Pillow

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER – Agricultural Chemist
Born in 1860 - Died in 1943

Romans 1:19-20 (KJV), “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.  20  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Sunday School Leader

Proverbs 22:6 (KJV), “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

CONVERSION OF MAJOR DANIEL W. WHITTLE:

An American Civil War Veteran

Psalm 34:22 (KJV), “The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.”

A LIFE THAT HONORED GOD - Eric Liddell

John 15:15-16 (KJV), “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.  16  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.”

DYING TESTIMONY - THE YOUNG MARTYR

PATRICK HAMILTON

Psalm 107:8-9 (KJV), “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 9  For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.”

On the first of March 1528, some eight years before Tyndale was betrayed by a Romish spy, Archbishop Beaton condemned Patrick Hamilton to be burned because he advocated the doctrines of the Reformation and exposed the errors of Pope and the Catholic Church.

STONEWALL JACKSON - Fear, and the Sovereignty of God

DAVID LIVINGSTONE'S BODYGUARD

Psalm 10:16-18 (KJV), “The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.  17  LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18  To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.”

DAVID LIVINGSTONE

Headed for China but Dies in Africa - Pt #2

Philippians 3:13-14 (KJV), “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”