This week, against Southern jubilation over the victory in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptist’s Christian Index, offers a summation of the second annual session of the Confederate Congress, currently in the third week (the session will not conclude until October) in Richmond, the nation’s capital. Many important bills…
Privately determined to free the South’s African slaves, U.S President Abraham Lincoln today ratchets up Northern military might while maintaining a cautious public profile regarding slavery. The Union Army receives a boost from the president’s order to draft 300,000 militia for a period of nine months. It is doubtful that Lincoln believes he will need…
While Baptist newspapers of the Confederacy devote much space to war news throughout the conflict, they do not neglect Bible commentary, advice pieces, moral lessons, and warnings against sin. In this week’s Baptist press, one paper warns against the worst of amusements: drama. All great amusements are dangerous for the Christian life; but among all…