Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, today plumbs the depths of God’s Providence and the Confederacy. The prosperity of God’s spiritual Kingdom is the moving cause of all His dealings with the nations of the earth. And when His people retrograde in piety; when they neglect Christian duty; when they disregard His statutes;…
The annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention continues in LaGrange. The Baptists present, mostly elites, many of whom are large slaveowners, on this last day of the annual gathering pass a series of “Resolutions on the State of the Country.” Resolved, That the Convention heartily, solemnly, and unanimously re-asserts the sentiments, so far as…
A Baptist pastor from Ohio today writes to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States: [To the President of the United States.] Honorable and Dear Sir: I address you though a stranger because I feel so deep an interest in our country. Having sons in the Third and Thirteenth Ohio Regiments I feel that I…