Amos C. Dayton (1811-1865), a popular Baptist pastor and advocate of Landmarkism, this month offers his answer to the Southern question of, “Is God on Our Side?” Regarding African slavery, the Confederacy is clearly on God’s side, according to Dayton. But on certain issues of government holiness and purity, the South needs to align itself…
In order for God to bestow victory upon His chosen Confederacy, white southerners have a duty to perform, a duty that includes refraining from criticism of the South’s political and military leaders, according to J.D. Hufham, the editor of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder. An esteemed brother, writing on business from a point which is…
Today tiny Lebanon Baptist Church in Crawford County, Georgia, convenes in a business meeting and grapples with war, death and God’s will. Anguished over the loss of a solider member and his father, the congregation issues a statement “in memory of our deceased Brethren O. M. McAfee & A. J. McAfee.” In the midst of…