Today is designated national fast day in the United States, as declared by the government. Many sermons are preached on this occasion, including a discourse by Northern Baptist minister Daniel C. Eddy to the combined congregations of the First Baptist Church and Tabernacle Baptist Church, both of Philadelphia, the latter of which Eddy serves as…
The annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention continues in Griffin. The (Southern) Baptists gathered in the town’s first Baptist church are a mixture of city and rural ministers. Some own large numbers of slaves, and most are supportive of the peculiar institution whose financial profits under gird Southern Baptist missions. As such, perhaps it…
As the war rages on, some Baptist congregations of the South faithfully hold monthly days of fasting and prayer, imploring God to put an end to the conflict and lead his chosen nation to victory. Other Baptist congregations avoid such meetings altogether, while still others are irregular in observance. Rev. E. Dodson of North Carolina…