Archive for June, 2009
“…Fugitives in the College Chapel”
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009For decades it has been believed that the Illinois Institute, and its later incarnation as Wheaton College, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. It was true that those institutions stood firmly on the principle of abolition and its leadership were heavily involved and known widely as abolitionists. They risked their lives to seek freedom [...]
To Mr. Nicholls…
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Within the William S. Akin Rare Book Collection there lies a unique copy of John William Cunningham’s Sancho, or The proverbialist (London: Ellerton and Henderson, 1816). It is Charlotte Bronte’s autograph copy to her husband, Arthur Nicholls (inscribed on the fly-leaf and title page) and contains Nicholls’ marginalia written after Bronte’s death. Arthur Bell Nicholls [...]
In Search of a President
Thursday, June 18th, 2009With the 1940 dismissal of Dr. J. Oliver Buswell from the presidency of Wheaton College, word spread quickly among conservative Christians that this rather important post was suddenly vacant. Shortly after Buswell’s departure, Dr. Louis Talbot, pastor of The Church of the Open Door in Los Angeles (founded by R.A. Torrey), received a wholly unexpected [...]
Run Your Home Into The Ground!
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009This evocative booklet was written by retired Wheaton College Chaplain, LeRoy “Pat” Patterson ’40. Penned in 1975 during the rise of the feminist movement, Patterson reflects on his 33 year marriage to his high school sweetheart and raising of three “fairly normal” children to highlight ten sure-fire ways to run your home into the ground. [...]
Muggeridge and Eliot: literary converts
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Joseph Pearce, in his Literary Converts, presents biographical explorations into the spiritual lives of some of the greatest writers in the English language and includes Malcolm Muggeridge and T.S. Eliot among his subjects. This book touches on some of the most important questions of the 20th century. Malcolm Muggeridge seemed to have a ambivilent relationship [...]
Millions Served…
Monday, June 1st, 2009George MacDonald (1824-1905) was one of the most prolific and original of the Victorian novelists, composing a stunning array of novels, poetry and fairy tales, all laced with his singular Christian mysticism. C.S. Lewis regarded MacDonald as his “master,” declaring, “I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, [...]