John A. Broadus, professor at the (temporarily shuttered) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina is now serving as a chaplain in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Today Broadus makes note of spiritual developments in the army, providing a glimpse into the intricacies of the revival atmosphere that increasingly impacts the…
The Southern Baptist news beat goes on today in the form of editorials and commentary in the Georgia Baptist Christian Index that are intended to bolster the spirits of the Confederate faithful. One editorial extols the unparalleled nature of the revivals in the Confederate Army. Never before have their been such meetings, such sermons and…
The sins of Confederate soldiers are an oft-discussed topic in the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, contrasted alongside a growing body of eyewitness accounts of revivals in the camps. Today’s edition of the newspaper offers two articles about army camp life. The first is an account of an encounter between an anonymous chaplain and card-playing…