Richmond’s Daily Dispatch today carries a story about the growing revival in Confederate army camps in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia. Baptists and others are reaping the benefits of the spirit’s movement. John L. Burrows is the pastor of Richmond’s prominent First Baptist Church. In addition to pastoring, during the war Burrows ministers diligently to Virginia’s…
The voice of renowned Virginia Baptist minister — and president of Richmond College (later University or Richmond) — Robert Ryland is appealed to this month in the pages of the Virginia Baptist Religious Herald. Ryland’s pastorate is that of the First African Baptist Church of Richmond, where he has served from 1841 (the year of…
Confederate reverses of late concern the residents of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital. The city’s Protestant churches take turns in hosting ongoing “union prayer meetings,” services which are structured for, and open to, all persons. The Richmond Daily Dispatch summarizes the current religious fervor thus: Union Prayer Meetings have been held here daily, (Sundays excepted,)…