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November
12,
1660:
John Bunyan is arrested for
unlicensed preaching and
sentenced to prison. While
incarcerated, he writes
Pilgrim's Progress, which
continues to be the
second-bestselling book of all
time (after the Bible). November
22,
1873:
The French ship, Ville du Havre,
sinks in the north Atlantic,
killing all four daughters of
Chicago lawyer Horatio G.
Spafford. His wife survived, and
Spafford immediately books
passage to join her in
England. While
passing over the spot where his
daughters died, he begins writing
what would become the famous
hymn, "It Is Well with My
Soul." November
22,
1963:
British scholar, C.S. Lewis,
author of Mere
Christianity, dies, on the
same day that an assassin kills
Pres. John F. Kennedy. November
28,
1863:
The the first annual national
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in
the midst of the Civil
War. President
Abraham Lincoln proclaims
the fourth Thursday of each
November from that time forward
as a national day of
thanks.
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November
6,
1935:
American revivalist Billy Sunday
(right), a professional baseball
player who became one of
America's most famous
evangelists, dies at age 73. More
than 100 million people heard him
speak at his evangelistic
crusades.
November
15,
1917:
Oswald Chambers (left) dies while
serving as chaplain to British
troops in Egypt during World War
I. His widow, Gertrude, spends
the rest of her life compiling
his notes, lectures, and sermons
into books, including the
best-selling, My Utmost for
His Highest.
November
24,
1771:
Methodist Francis Asbury begins
preaching in
America.
For
the next 45 years, he was the
main figure in establishing the
Methodist church here.
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