On this Sabbath day, Baptists South and North discuss slavery. Sam Richards, a member of Atlanta’s Second Baptist Church, writes of today’s church service and of “hateful” northern abolitionists. Dr. B. preached this morning the funeral sermon for Capt Davis from the text, “He being dead, yet speaketh.” It is sad to think how noble…
Now safely back in Virginia, the soldiers of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia have time to reflect on their disastrous defeat at Gettysburg. Introspective, humble and searching for answers, many turn to religion for an explanation of their defeat and hope for the future. Thus begins a great season of revival…
The Albemarle Baptist Association of Virginia meets this week at Adiel Baptist Church in Nelson County. A correspondent from the Richmond Daily Dispatch reports on the meeting and Nelson County. The story, apparently composed by a reporter who has not previously attended such meetings, mentions an aspect of associational meetings not reported in official minutes…