John A. Broadus, professor at the (temporarily shuttered) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina is now serving as a chaplain in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Today Broadus makes note of spiritual developments in the army, providing a glimpse into the intricacies of the revival atmosphere that increasingly impacts the…
Today, Iowa’s Cedar Valley Baptist Association assembles at Waterloo. While the war is uppermost in the minds of the delegates, the issue of higher education is also a concern of some individuals present. At the seventh anniversary of the Cedar Valley Baptist Association held at Waterloo, September [26], 1862, H. I. Parker presented the prospects…
Today South Carolina Baptist minister William L. Curry, born in 1836, is appointed as the chaplain of 50th Georgia Regiment. A graduate of Furman University and with degrees from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (all in South Carolina), Curry is well educated. Ordained in 1860, he sought appointment as a…