Many white southerners, Baptist and otherwise, view the Civil War as the means of preserving the freedom of the white race, which they equate with God’s will for the world. The Richmond Daily Dispatch (Virginia) reports: Yesterday witnessed a nation at prayers. It was a day ever to be remembered. From one end of these…
Southern Baptists of Georgia are buttressed in their support of the Confederacy by a recent article written by Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptist’s Christian Index. Laying claim to the goodness of the war, Boykin declares the “object” of the war is “good – to save the soul and bless the world.” Likewise, the “end”…
The Baptists of New York City are raising a Home Guard. According to a New York Times article today: The Baptist Churches of the City are about raising a regiment for the Home Guard. Stanton-street Church is the first in the field, and has already mustered a full company, which meets for drill every Thursday…