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Tag Archives: bible publication

Baptists and the American Civil War: October 16, 1861

This week’s Tennessee Baptist newspaper seeks assistance from Baptist women and merchants in the publishing of Bibles for Confederate soldiers. We do not believe in giving up to misfortune, or to cowering before difficulties, though they seem insurmountable. When it seemed impossible to print the Word of God in the South for our soldiers and…

October 16, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Civil War Soldier Tract

Baptists and the American Civil War: September 23, 1861

Southern Baptists are now publishing religious tracts and New Testaments for soldiers by the thousands. The extensive nature of their soldier publications through the Baptist Colportage Board in Richmond, Virginia, is evident. As reported by the Richmond Times Daily Dispatch: Much good may be done in the progress of the present campaign by clergymen, as…

September 23, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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