Today is Thursday, September 3, 2009.
On this day in history:
590 - St. Gregory the Great was consecrated the 64th Catholic pope,
ruling 14 years. Gregory's administration took responsibility
for converting the Anglo-Saxon tribes in England, chiefly
through the work of St. Augustine of Canterbury.
1752 - This date became September 14th, when Great Britain (including
Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the American colonies) officially
implemented the Gregorian Calendar (developed by Pope Gregory
XIII in 1582 to replace the Julian calendar).
1776 - Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter:
'The love I bear Christ is but a faint and feeble spark, but
it is an emanation from himself: He kindled it and he keeps it
alive; and because it is his work, I trust many waters shall
not quench it.'
1934 - In London, Evangeline Cory Booth, 69, the seventh child of
founder William Booth (1829-1912), became the fourth elected
commander and the first woman general of the Salvation Army.
1946 - Founder Sidney N. Correll established United World Mission. This
interdenominational agency focuses on evangelism, church
planting and Christian education in 13 world countries.
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