Spring has arrived in the South, ushering in new worries that there will not be enough food crops this year to feed the citizens of the Confederacy. A Southern Baptist pastor this week offers advice to poor Confederate families who are facing lean times. I am persuaded every church ought to take care of its…
In the wake of the Richmond Bread Riot earlier this month, there is growing concern over food shortages within the Confederacy. A good growing season is imperative. Against this backdrop, an editorial in North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder offers advice to the farmers of North Carolina. These are now the alternatives placed before us. If…
While Georgia’s Southern Baptist governor, Joseph Brown, is making headlines as the Georgia legislature is in session, some Southern Baptists in the state are talking about this week’s Christian Index editorial by editor Samuel Boykin. Confederate political and religious leaders remain defiant in their defense of slavery and certain that God is on their side.…