During this season of Confederate discontent, as white Southerners cast about for signs of hope and inspiration, heroes are desperately needed. Confederate General Robert E. Lee‘s heroic boldness and bravery command much respect, yet the bitter and costly defeat at Gettysburg in July has tarnished his image. Oh for the glory days of Manassas! Either…
Today is day four of the Southern Baptist Convention meeting, hosted by the Green Street Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia. After the singing of a hymn, the first order of business is a war-related matter: the offering of a resolution regarding army chaplains, missionaries and colporteurs. Resolved, 1st. That it is the sense of this…
The Southern Baptist Convention is now in its third day of meetings. The battlefields are distant, but as in the previous two days, the war remains uppermost on the minds of the Southern Baptist divines who today, a Sunday, fill pulpits throughout the city of Augusta. Unbeknownst to these Baptists, Confederate hero Gen. Thomas “Stonewall”…