The South Carolina Baptist State Convention meeting concludes today in Darlington. Army missions (missionaries and colporters both) have been much on the minds of delegates. A listing of religious tracts produced for Confederate soldiers in the past twelve months offers insights into religious materials that are currently circulating in army camps.
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TITLE. |
No. Pages. |
No. Copies. |
|
No. 48. “My Peace is made with God” |
8 |
5,000 |
|
” 49. It would break her Heart |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 50. It is Too Late |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 51. Beware |
8 |
5 000 |
|
” 52. When the War is Over |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 53. One Step Saved Me |
4 |
5 000 |
|
” 54. Who can tell what it Means |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 55. Beware of the Traitor |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 56. The Great Change |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 57. A Letter from Home |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 58. Saving a Soul from Death |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 59. Counsel to the Convicted |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 60. Strong Consolation |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 61. A Man Overboard |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 62. How shall I know if I have Repented |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 63. Say your Prayers in fine Weather |
4 |
5 000 |
|
” 64. What can I Do |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 65. For You |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 66. How to Read to Advantage |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 67. Just what I Wish to Know |
8 |
5,000 |
|
” 68. The Downward Course of Sin |
8 |
5,000 |
|
” 69. The Crazy Man |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 70. Have you Heard the News |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 71. The Universalist’s Daughter |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 72. Why should I Fear |
1 |
5,000 |
|
” 73. One Word to a Sinner |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 74. When will you Decide |
1 |
5,000 |
|
” 75. How shall I Come to Christ |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 76. What are you Doing |
1 |
5,000 |
|
” 77. Can you Spare Two Minutes |
1 |
5,000 |
|
” 78. How may I live unto the Lord every Day |
8 |
5,000 |
|
” 79. A Mistake |
1 |
5,000 |
|
” 80. Do you Know the Way |
1 |
5,000 |
|
” 81. Serious Questions |
4 |
5,000 |
|
” 82. Are you Safe |
1 |
5,000 |
| ” 83. To Children of Godly Parents |
1 |
5,000 |
| ” 84. The Young Clerk |
4 |
5,000 |
| ” 85. Satan’s Temptations |
4 |
5,000 |
| ” 86. What can I Do |
1 |
5,000 |
| ” 87. No Escape |
4 |
5,000 |
| ” 88. The Date of Conversion |
4 |
5,000 |
| ” 89. It is Pleasant Floating |
2 |
5,000 |
| ” 90. The Stormy Night |
4 |
5,000 |
| ” 91. I must go to the Prayer-Meeting |
1 |
5,000 |
| ” 92. The Word of God Quick and Powerful |
4 |
5,000 |
| ” 93. Grow in Grace |
8 |
5,000 |
| ” 94. Worship God |
8 |
5,000 |
| ” 95. The Great Question Settled |
1 |
5,000 |
| ” 96. Directions from God’s Word |
2 |
5,000 |
| ” 97. Manual of Prayer |
64 |
10,000 |
| ” 98. Camp Hymns |
64 |
10,000 |
| ” 99. Three Blessed Texts |
1 |
5,000 |
| ” 100. Can God Love a Sinner |
1 |
5,000 |
The deployment of Christian tracts will only intensify in the coming months, corresponding to the sinking fortunes of the Confederacy and fostering a gradual shift among some Confederate Christians to the viewing of a spiritual triumph of the South as an even nobler goal than battlefield victory.
Source: Minutes Of The 43d And 44th Anniversaries Of The State Convention Of The Baptist Denomination In S. C., Held At Darlington, July 24th To 27th, 1863 (link)
