DECEMBER 9
GOD DELIVERED LILIAN YEOMANS FROM ADDICTION (1942)
“...it is lawful sometimes for men to gather wealth, and grow rich, even as there was a time for Joseph to store up corn, but a godly and sincere Chris...”
Cushman, Robert. “A Sermon Preached at Plimmoth in New England, December 9, 1621 in an Assemblie of his Majesties faithful Subjects, there inhabiting. Wherein is shewed the danger of selfe love, and the sweetnesse of true Friendship. Together with a Preface, shewing the state of the Country, and Condition of the Savages.”
It is easier to take much by faith than little (1897)
Put out into deep water—Luke 5:4 (NIV).One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the apostolic church was the spirit...
Events
536
Count Belisarius of Byzantium, reputedly a Christian, enters Rome, where he will make a magnificent defense of the ancient city against the Goths. During his career, he will receive little support from the suspicious emperor Justinian, but when he is put on trial on what appear to be trumped up charges of corruption, Justinian will pardon him.
Authority for the date: http://www.historynet.com/gothic-war-byzantine-count-belisarius-retakes-rome.htm1621
Deacon Robert Cushman preaches the first recorded sermon on American soil and the first printed there.
Authority for the date: www.sail1620.org1793
Christian journalist Noah Webster publishes the first issue of American Minerva, the first daily newspaper in New York City.
Authority for the date: books.google.com/books/about/America_s_Oldest_Daily_Newspaper_The_New.html.1884
Stanley Smith and C. T. Studd, two of the Cambridge Seven (young men who had renounced fame and fortune to serve with the China Inland Mission), speak at Edinburgh University. The meeting, which they had feared would be a flop, proves a time of great power.
Authority for the date: Morgan, Robert J. On This Day. Nelson, 1997.1896
William Henry Sheppard, an African-American missionary to Africa, writes to supporters at home, promising to prove that he merits the trust they have placed in him. Finding little success as a missionary, he explores the Congo and exposes Belgian atrocities.
Authority for the date: Jacobs, Sylvia M. Black Americans & the Missionary Movement in Africa. Greenwood Press, 1982.1906
William Hamner Piper and his wife Lydia Markley hold their first service in Chicago. Their popular meetings replace the disgraced ministry of John Alexander Dowie. They soon become Pentecostal.
Authority for the date: Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism1911
The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Argentina expels from its ranks Irish missionary James Stewart and some other associates who had adopted Pentecostal practices.
Authority for the date: Daryl Platt and Clifton L. Holland. “A Chronology of Protestant Beginnings: Argentina.” http://www.prolades.com/1941
(or November 5) Martyrdom of Orthodox priest Sergius Mechiev who rejected the atheistic and anti-ecclesiastical proclamations of the Soviet government and had to live for years in hiding. He is shot within prison walls.
Authority for the date: www.orthodox.net/russiannm/sergius-mechiev-hieromartyr-of-moscow.html1942
(or the 10th) Death in California of faith healer Lilian Barbara Yeomans.
Authority for the date: New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements.1946
Maoist Communists burn a group of Christians to death in a seminary at Xiwanzi, China.
Authority for the date: Paul Hattaway, China’s Christian Martyrs. p. 4041978
The Sorbonne, one of the most prestigious universities in France, awards missionary-linguist Kenneth Pike an honorary degree.
Authority for the date: Pike, Eunice. Ken Pike: Scholar and Christian. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1981.