The 250th Anniversary of Pastor Barnard and Col. Leslie in Salem: “Blessed are the Peacemakers”

Thomas Barnard, Jr., born in 1748, was 27 years old on February 26, 1775 (250 years ago). Fewer than three years before, he had become pastor of North Church in Salem after his father had become paralyzed in 1770. Thomas’ legacy of reformed theology went back to his great-grandfather, Thomas Barnard, who had later repented…