Today is a national day of fasting and prayer in the United States. Requested by Congress and with the assent of President Lincoln, the declaration results in numerous war-focused sermons from northern pulpits, evidencing broad-based religious support of the Union cause. Some Baptist preachers and congregations observe the day of fasting and prayer. Pastor James…
Delegates to the recent Rehoboth Baptist Association of middle Georgia, held at Traveller’s Rest Baptist Church in Macon County, are this week reporting back to their respective congregations. Rehoboth Baptists, assured of God’s hand upon the Southern Confederacy, have proudly made their convictions known: In the midst of the stiring events which are to effect…
Baptist associations North and South meet throughout the month of September. One of these Baptist groups is the Laughery Baptist Association of Indiana, bordering the Ohio River. On behalf of the Laughery Assocation, Elder E. P. Bond, perhaps at the time best known among Indiana Baptists for his advocacy of education for women, is selected…