Six months following the conclusion of the war, many Baptist churches in the South are just now resuming congregational life with some sense of normalcy. Some do not reopen until this month, while others continue adjusting to the realities of freedom for black members. This month the Oak Grove Baptist Church of Arkansas finally reopens…
Males are not the only members of the white race suffering from the loss of privileges, properties and loved ones in the recent war. This week’s Virginia Baptist Religious Herald publishes an article entitled, “To Southern Women from a Southern Woman,” purportedly penned by an (anonymous) female. The audience, however, is not common white women,…
Delegates to the Hiwassee United Baptist Association of Tennessee, in annual meeting in Roane County, discuss and debate the recent Civil War. The South’s role in the war is considered as that of the aggressor, but the association seeks distance from political conflict and “unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.” The question…