This Day in Christian History

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April 28

1521: German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: "The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason."

1839: Birth of Vernon J. Charlesworth, English clergyman and headmaster at Charles Spurgeon's Stockwell Orphanage. Today, Charlesworth is remembered as author of the hymn, "A Shelter in the Time of Storm."

1872: English devotional author Frances Ridley Havergal, 33, penned the words to the hymn, "Lord, Speak to Me That I May Speak."

1874: Birth of Susan Strachan, missions pioneer. Working together with her husband Harry Strachan, in 1921 she helped found the Latin America Mission in Stony Point, NY.

1960: The 100th General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS) passed a resolution declaring that sexual relations within marriage -- without the intention of procreation -- were not sinful.

Source: William D. Blake. Almanac of the Christian Church, Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. ([email protected])