Today’s Biblical Recorder, newspaper of North Carolina Baptists, notes a visit by Thomas H. Watts–Confederate Attorney General and prominent Baptist laymen of Montgomery, Alabama’s First Baptist Church–to Grace Street Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia for a colportage meeting (that is, a meeting focused on the printing and distribution of Bibles and Baptist literature to Confederate…
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…
Recent Confederate battlefield reversals, in addition to President Jefferson Davis’ declaration of martial law in Richmond, have led some Southerners to grumble about military and political leadership. Southern Baptist newspaper editors, however, are determined to clamp down on dissent. Christians, they believe, have no right to question the leaders of God’s chosen nation. An editorial,…