This week Mary Jeffreys Bethell of Rockingham County, North Carolina speaks of God and the war. A Methodist, Bethell attends a nearby Baptist church, offering her assessment of the congregation: We went to Union yesterday to hear Mr. Macneely preach, he is an old Baptist, he is a revivalist, a warm preacher, there was some…
In the heart of winter, the 8th Michigan Infantry prepares for battles that are certain to commence upon the coming of spring. Today the regiment receives a consecration from Abel Bingham, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Grand Rapids and veteran of the War of 1812. Among those whom Bingham prays over is his…
Caroline Cowles Richards, a young lady living in Canadaigua, New York, has been maintaining a diary for ten years. Today she makes note of a significant day in the life of the First Baptist Church of her village: … went to the Baptist Church this evening to hear Rev. A. H. Lung preach his last…