September 11
1570: Repose of Johann Brenz, a Lutheran reformer from Swabia; Brenz was the mastermind behind the ordinances which fixed Lutheran doctrine and procedure.
1649: Oliver Cromwell’s troops break into Drogheda, a fortified city in Ireland, and slaughter many Catholic priests and friars, who had encouraged resistance during the siege, along with other civilians, and imprison many.
1672: Solomon Stoddard, a Colonial American clergyman, is ordained pastor of the Congregational church in Northampton, Mass, where he served for 57 years!
1818: John Williams, a Missionary, and his wife depart for the island of Raiatea, to work among the scattered Pacific islands.
1841: The Chronicle, an Australian newspaper, reports the story of Mary Teague, an Irish immigrant, who had to undergo inhuman treatment from the authorities; this forced the reluctant colonial governor to allot Carolyn Chisholm, a Catholic philanthropist, a space to house immigrant girls.
1857: A band of Mormons and Indians led by Mormon fanatic John D. Lee massacres the passengers of a California-bound wagon train of 135 (mostly Methodists) in Mountain Meadows, Utah, following the decision of President Buchanan to remove Brigham Young from the governorship of the Utah Territory.
1892: Dedication of the Scarritt Bible and Training School in Nashville, TN, a project which was envisioned by the southern Methodist missions leader and social reformer, Belle Harris Bennett, who also raised funds for the same.
1893: Opening of the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, amidst opposition by many evangelicals because it would treat Christianity as one among many equal religions. Swami Vivekananda from India delivered his most famous speech during this summit.
1918: Wang Ming-Dao leaves home to begin his work at a Presbyterian school at the age of 18. He later became a notable independent church leader in China and was imprisoned for most of his life for the same reason.
1940: Demise of Melvin Ernest Trotter, previously a drunkard but hat a God. He then founded sixty-seven rescue homes to help other addicts.
1955: The Southern Baptist U.S. Air Force personnel who were stationed in Lincoln, organize the first Southern Baptist church to be established in Nebraska .
1962: Thomas Merton, an American Trappist monk, wrote in a letter, “We have not tasted the things given to us in Christ. Instead, we have built around ourselves walls and cells, and buried ourselves in dust and documents, and now we wonder why we cannot see God, or leap to do his will.“
2001: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church collapses in the Islamist terrorist attack which brought down the twin towers in New York City.
Edited by: T. Chempilayil MCBS
Courtesy:Â www.studylight.org