Abraham Lincoln’s journey to Washington continues, as he travels from Ohio to Pennsylvania. It is a rainy day, but large crowds greet Lincoln at his stops throughout the day. The uppermost question on everyone’s mind is that of secession: how will Lincoln deal with the seceded southern states upon his inauguration? Meanwhile, in Montgomery, delegates…
Virginia’s secession convention convenes in Richmond. At this point, there is no certainty that Virginia will secede from the Union, as Union sentiment is yet strong throughout much of the state. Yet many white Virginians and other white southerners, certain that Lincoln’s goal as president is to grant freedom to black slaves, are preparing to…
While the ongoing Confederate States convention is the talk of the Deep South, related issues are also on the mind of Southern Baptists. Baptist newspapers in Tennessee and Georgia this month call attention to a recently released (1860) revised translation of the Epistle of Philemon, published by the American Bible Union, headquartered in New York.…