Christmas is not yet a national holiday, nor do Baptists North or South recognize the day as either a holiday or a holy day. However, the era of modern Christmas celebrations is presaged with an illustration by illustrator and cartoonist Thomas Nast, who this holiday season publishes in Harper’s Weekly what is considered to be the…
While not a national holiday nor widely celebrated as a religious holiday, Christmas eve has nonetheless arrived, signaling an occasion for many soldiers North and South to relax and, hopefully, look forward to better food on the morrow than on most days. Many, but not all: Christmas celebrations will vary from camp to camp and…
Among Southern Baptists, the drumbeat continues: extortioners must be shamed into repenting of their sins so that God can unleash his blessings upon the Confederacy and bring the war to an end. Today’s missive comes from Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index. While published this day, the editorial was penned in the midst of the Battle of…