Amidst the restlessness found throughout the Confederacy, Baptists join other white Southerners in lamenting the fortunes of their nation and wondering why God has allowed such prolonged catastrophe to take place. In Georgia’s Bulloch County, the Lower Canoochee Baptist Association is convened. As in other associational gatherings in the South this month, the war is…
This month many Baptist churches and associational assemblies throughout the South hold special prayer meetings for the Confederacy. Dark are the clouds descending over the nation, hiding the face of God from his people. In Tennessee near Knoxville, the Gallaher Baptist Church prays and fasts, calling on God to bring peace to the land. In…
This week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index extensively covers the war. A tribute to the late great Stonewall Jackson offers a longing glance backward at the biggest Christian superstar the war has produced within the Confederacy. “Thank God for such a hero!” are the opening words of a sonnet to Jackson. His “divine courage” and “patriot…