Today, March 5th, is National Missionary Day. It commemorates the arrival of the London Missionary Society to Tahiti. I have been collecting some books printed by the National Sunday School Union that acknowledges many of the explorers/missionaries that went around the world preaching. They are called the ‘Splendid Lives Series’. They were published around 1900.Continue reading “March 5 ‘On a mission from God’”
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February 12 “a penny for your thoughts”
Happy Birthday to the man on the penny-Abraham Lincoln. Growing up in Illinois, I’ve seen and heard a lot of Lincoln; From ‘Land of Lincoln’, to New Salem, to Springfield home, to Lincoln Museum, to Oak Ridge Cemetery, school trips have taken me there. I have a lot of Lincoln books, but will discuss some ofContinue reading “February 12 “a penny for your thoughts””
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