The voice of renowned Virginia Baptist minister — and president of Richmond College (later University or Richmond) — Robert Ryland is appealed to this month in the pages of the Virginia Baptist Religious Herald. Ryland’s pastorate is that of the First African Baptist Church of Richmond, where he has served from 1841 (the year of…
Today’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder carries a story about an anonymous Southern preacher who is asked why he does not offer prayers for Confederate sailors. First published in an Anglican newspaper, the story resonates with Baptists enough to make the rounds in Baptist periodicals. Last Sunday as I came out of the pulpit, a…
The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Georgia’s port city of Savannah reports on his church’s activities in a letter published in today’s edition of the local newspaper, the Savannah Republican. Mr. Editor: A communication in your paper signed “A Soldier,” implies a want of information. “One of the Clergy,” in the paper of…