Meaningful Homeschooling

Reginald Heber, author of "Holy, Holy, Holy," was born Ap­ril 21, 1783, in Ma­lpas, Che­shire, Eng­land. At the age of seventeen he entered Oxford University, where he won a num­ber of awards in Eng­lish and La­tin. Heber was ordained as a Continue Reading

Frances Ridley Havergal, "the consecration poet," was born on December 14, 1836, in Astley, Worcestershire, England. An extraordinarily bright child, Frances began reading and memorizing the Bible by the age of four. At the age of seven she began Continue Reading

Anna Bartlett Warner, author of "Jesus Loves Me," was born on Au­gust 31, 1827, in Long Is­land, New York. Her father, a wealthy lawyer,  lost most of his fortune in the 1837 depression, forcing the family to move to their summer home near the Hudson Continue Reading

Horatio G. Spafford, author of "It Is Well with My Soul," was born in North Troy, New York, on October 20, 1828. As a young man, he established a successful legal practice and enjoyed financial success. Several months before the Chicago Fire of Continue Reading

Augustus M. Toplady, author of "Rock of Ages," was born on November 4, 1740, in Farnham, England. He became a Christian at the age of sixteen while on a trip to Ireland. After attending Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, Toplady was ordained an Continue Reading

Philip P. Bliss, author of "Jesus Loves Even Me," was born on July 9, 1838, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He grew up in extreme poverty on a farm in a lumber camp. In 1850 Bliss became a Christian and shortly thereafter joined a church in Tioga Continue Reading