Many Northern Baptist associations meet this week and voice support of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln’s recent call for emancipation of slaves in the border states. Meanwhile, many white Southern Baptist continue marching off to war in defense of African slavery. Among those enrolling today is 26-year old William M. Williams of Buchanan, Georgia, whose…
Today’s New York Times reports of a unique church “fair” the city’s Sixteenth Street Baptist congregation is planning: The ladies of this [Sixteenth Street Baptist] Church have completed their arrangements for a fair for the benefit of the Church treasury. Space will admit of but limited description; yet three objects of design, so original as…
In the midst of war, church life in the North tries to retain some sense of normalcy. Today is Saturday, the traditional day of the week on which church business is conducted (typically, churches meet on one Saturday each month to conduct business). For the Big Darby Baptist Church of Canaan Township (now Plains City),…