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Tag Archives: day of fasting and prayer

Abraham Lincoln

Baptists and the American Civil War: October 3, 1863

As war-time casualties mount North and South, the two warring American nations increasingly make public appeals to God for his blessings in the form of victory over the enemy. This fall season, petitions to God arising from within the Confederate States are typically presented in the context of fasting and prayer and are frequently laced…

October 3, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 24, 1863

This week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder publishes several letters from Confederate army chaplains and missionaries, as well as accounts of church revivals in North Carolina. At times, soldier evangelism and church revivals overlap, as related in the following letter. Hertford County, Sept. 14, 1863. Dear Brother Hufham:–Allow me a short space in the Recorder…

September 24, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Abraham Lincoln

Baptists and the American Civil War: March 30, 1863

Against the backdrop of looming spring battles, God — and a mysterious God at that — is on the mind of United States President Abraham Lincoln as he issues a statement on this day set aside for “national prayer and humiliation.” Many are the Baptists of the North who embrace their president’s words. A man…

March 30, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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