Ebenezer W. Warren, pastor of First Baptist Church of Macon, Georgia, months ago preached that African slavery is unquestionably biblical. Many other Southern Baptist pastors have also preached this central message of the South from their pulpits. Yet for an institution ordained by and blessed of God, the war has already revealed that enslaved Africans…
Julia Stanford, teacher at the Forsyth Female College and member of First Baptist Church of Forsyth, again chronicles her thoughts in her diary. She includes rumors of war for which there is no basis of truth, a commonplace occurrence in towns far removed from battlefronts. This morning – Like most School day mornings, has nothing…
The Civil War thus far, to a significant degree, is the story of young men far from home missed by loved ones who are nonetheless proud of their men’s bravery and intrigued of news from strange lands. Like a knight in shining armor who answered the call to save his loved one from a dastardly…