Readers of today’s North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder learn of a fast day sermon entitled “The Uses of War” recently preached in Richmond, Virginia, by a “Dr. Moore.” The paper reprints a portion of the sermon as follows: War was a part of the agency by which God disciplines nations. So long as there was…
Today U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers his first State of the Union address to members of the United States Congress, of which a portion follows. Lincoln’s concern for church state separation is voiced, a belief that may have been cemented by Lincoln’s Primitive Baptist upbringing. In addition, Lincoln offers his reflections on the illogic of…
This week the Southern Baptist public reads the recent resolution on “The State of the Country” adopted by the Welsh Neck Baptist Association of South Carolina, established in 1832. A rousing and pointed defense of white supremacy and African slavery without actually utilizing the “s” word (there is no need to use the word, as…