Baptists and the American Civil War: January 4, 1862
Some Baptists of the South are concerned that pulpits are being abandoned because of war-caused disorder. Today, Tennessee Baptist editor James R. Graves (widely known as J. R. Graves) publishes a letter from a Texas Baptist who asks, “Shall Preaching Be Abandoned?” Bro. Graves:–Suffer a young Baptist, through your paper to address all who profess…