The South Carolina Baptist State Convention meeting concludes today in Darlington. Army missions (missionaries and colporters both) have been much on the minds of delegates. A listing of religious tracts produced for Confederate soldiers in the past twelve months offers insights into religious materials that are currently circulating in army camps. TITLE. No. Pages. No.…
As the Battle of Chacellorsville (Virginia) winds down and proves to be a victory for the Confederacy, this week’s readers of the North Carolina Biblical Recorder read more letters from army missionaries serving among Confederate soldiers. One such letter is written by army colporter J. A. Stradley, who, during this time of growing revivals within…
Even as Baptists on the southern home front complain about the evils of army camp life, they eagerly look for evidence that the distribution of religious literature among soldiers is pushing back the spiritual darkness so rampant. One report from a Confederate colporter is making the rounds: A colporter, laboring among the Confederate forces in…