Samuel Merrill Woodbridge (1819–1905) was an American clergyman, theologian, author, and college professor. A graduate of New York University and the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Woodbridge served several congregations in New York and New Jersey for sixteen years as a minister in the Reformed Church in America. He was the eleventh generation in a large family of English and American clergymen dating back to the late fifteenth century. After accepting a pastoral call in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, where he taught for 44 years. He also taught for seven years as professor of "metaphysics and philosophy of the human mind" at Rutgers College (now Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey). Woodbridge later led the New Brunswick seminary as Dean and President of the Faculty from 1883 to 1901—both positions were equivalent to a seminary president. He was the author of three books and several published sermons and addresses covering various aspects of Christian faith, theology, church history and governance.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

220:

Emperor Xian abdicated the throne and the Han Dynasty broke apart, beginning the Three Kingdoms period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Kingdoms

630:

Muslims led by Muhammad conquered Mecca from the Quraysh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_Mecca

1886:

The London-based football club Arsenal, then known as Dial Square, played their first match on the Isle of Dogs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Arsenal_F.C._(1886%E2%80%931966)

1946:

The United Nations General Assembly created UNICEF, originally to help provide emergency food and health care to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICEF

1981:

Salvadoran Civil War: About 900 civilians were killed by the Salvadoran armed forces in an anti-guerrilla campaign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Mozote_massacre

2008:

American stock broker Bernard Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest such in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Madoff

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

stigmatize: (transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stigmatize

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

We shall not look at caste or religion. All human beings in this land — whether they be those who preach the vedas or who belong to other castes — are one.   --Subramanya Bharathi https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Subramanya_Bharathi