Samuel Checkley (1695-1769) was the pastor of the New South Church in Boston, Massachusetts. His diary notes from a 1735 almanax is extant. The annual Thanksgiving Day for 1735 came on Thursday, November 13, and Checkley notes that he preached all day. He also records that July 4 was Commencement at Cambridge and that it was a rainy day with a northeast wind. That life in the days of the horse and the chaise was not without its excitements and even dangers, is shown by an accident that is thus recorded in the Weekly Journal of Monday, July 7: On Friday last the Day of the Commencement at Cambridge, a Person belonging to Milton, being mounted on his Horse, and riding homewards, was met by a Chaise which run against his Leg, and broke the same so dangerously, that his Life is in great hazzard.
Lord's Day July 20 2025
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I was preaching once again yesterday in Penual Baptist Church in Roch,
Pembrokeshire. This is the church where our former members, Mike and Ali,
have joi...
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