Among Southern Baptists, the lament over the lack of Baptist chaplains in the Confederate Army continues unabated. Today the Virginia Baptist Religious Herald chimes in. Attention has been called, several times of late, to the fact that a smaller proportion of the chaplains now in service belong to the Baptist than to other denominations. It…
Today’s edition of the South Carolina Confederate Baptist weighs in on two hot issues: slavery and church state separation. Of the former, most white Baptists of the South are largely in agreement that African slavery is God’s will and that blacks are intellectually incapable of handling freedom. The editor of the Confederate Baptist summarizes these…
Today at Concert Hall in Philadelphia a meeting is convened by the Pennsylvania Freedman’s Relief Association, an organization supported by many Northern Baptists, “to take into consideration the condition of the freed people of the South.” Speaker after speaker offer positive reports on the strides made to emancipate slaves and educate and acclimate freed persons…