19th February, 842
On this day in Christian History, Icons were restored to eastern churches with solemn processions on the first Sunday of Lent following the iconoclast wars, an event that will later be observed as the “Feast of Orthodoxy.”
19th February, 1414
On this day in Christian History, Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury and chancellor of England, died in Canterbury, Kent, England. In his lifetime, he was a violent persecutor of the Lollards, Wycliffe’s reform followers.
19th February, 1568
On this day in Christian History, Miles Coverdale was buried. In his lifetime, he had produced the first complete printed edition of the Scriptures in English, completing William Tyndale’s Bible following Tyndale’s execution. Coverdale’s version of the Psalms was long used by the Church of England.
19th February, 1672
On this day in Christian History, Charles Chauncy died in Boston, Massachusetts. For eighteen years, Charles was the president of Harvard College. A Congregational clergyman, his insistence on full immersion for baptism had been controversial in New England.
19th February, 1716
On this day in Christian History, Dorothe Engelbretsdotter died in Bergen, Norway. She was once highly regarded for her Christian verses, which included an evening and a morning hymn.
19th February, 1735
On this day in Christian History, Alexander Mack, leader of America’s German Baptists, died in Germantown, Pennsylvania.
19th February, 1812
On this day in Christian History, the Caravan sailed from Salem Harbor with America’s first foreign missionaries aboard: the Judsons and Newells.
19th February, 1869
On this day in Christian History, Elizabeth Clephane died near Melrose, Scotland. A Scottish orphan, she wrote two memorable hymns: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” and “The Ninety and Nine.”
19th February, 1882
On this day in Christian History, a Methodist minister, Egerton Ryerson who had been a notabale educator in Canada, died in Toronto, Canada. Although most of his reforms and innovations had high merit, his policies for the education of native Americans was censured by future generations.
19th February, 1896
On this day in Christian History, Xi Shengmo died. After years of bondage to opium, he had become a Christian and the Holy Spirit freed him after an agonizing battle. He then adopted his last name which meant “conqueror of demons.” He went on to establish fifty opium refuges in four provinces where prayer was a major factor in treatment of the addicts. Many became Christians and applied his methods to other addicts.
19th February, 1948
On this day in Christian History, Father Butrus Sowmy conveyed the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls to American John Trever, whom he had contacted the day before. Trever requested permission to photograph them and sent the photographs to famed archaeologist William Albright, who confirmed the value of the manuscripts.
19th February, 1954
On this day in Christian History, Evangelist Lionel Bale Fletcher died in Sydney, Australia.
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