White Southern Baptist anger at U. S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s recent proclamation allowing Northern Baptist ministers to occupy empty pulpits in the South continues to grow, knowing no bounds. A Baptist editorialist this week, letting his imagination run loose, plays the emotionally-laden “negro” card, accusing the Yankees of planning on putting negro preachers in Southern…
In December United States President Abraham Lincoln issued his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. The edict signified the formal beginning of efforts to reconcile Southern citizens and states with the Union. Full pardons were extended to persons fighting against the Union, other than upper-level military leaders and Confederate officials. In addition, the proclamation provided a…
The long reach of a caring Baptist minister (a pastor and American Baptist missionary) is evidenced today in a letter written by a Michigan soldier in the Michigan 7th Infantry Regiment, Company I. Head Qrs 7th Mich Vols Near Raccoon Ford Va. Sept 30./63 Dear Mother I am very busy just now with my monthly…