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Tag Archives: he leadeth me

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 5, 1864

Amidst the ugliness of war, beautiful things yet happen. Baptist musician William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) inspires Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) to write sacred music. Crosby writes her first hymn today, giving it to Bradbury as a gift. Bradbury has long been a Baptist, having joined the Charles Street Baptist Church in Boston, Massachusetts at age fifteen.…

February 5, 2014 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: March 26, 1862

Some Baptist contributions during the war years take place away from battlefields. Words themselves are powerful, ever more so as the war nears the one year anniversary of the firing upon Fort Sumter. Perhaps the most notable moment this month among Baptists of the North occurs on a Wednesday night at the First Baptist Church…

March 26, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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