Howard Malcom (1799-1879) is one of the most prominent Northern (American) Baptist pastors in the United States, as well as a leading missionary advocate and denominational statesman. His pastorates include churches in Hudson, Boston and Philadelphia, while his missionary travels take him to Asia and Africa. Denominationally, at various times he holds leadership positions in…
Beaufort, South Carolina has now been under the control of occupying Union forces for six months. Union soldiers hold regular worship services in the local Baptist meeting house, where Rev. Brown, chaplain of the 76th New York (nicknamed the “Highlanders”) often preaches. The 100th Pennsylvania is also part of the occupying force, and today–Sunday–a soldier…
The city of Troy, New York, prior to the Civil War grew to become one of the 20th largest cities in America. Growth, however, came with consequences. Like many other cities of the early and mid-nineteenth century, the city of largely wooden buildings has by now experienced a series of increasingly destructive fires. Today, however,…