Arkansas, 25 years old as a state, is on the frontier of the American South. Fort Smith, existent thanks to the U.S. military, represents both the frontier status of the state and the high degree of dependence that Arkansas has upon the federal government. To the west, especially in the Ozarks, dwell white families who…
From today’s Tennessee Baptist newspaper, although apparently written a few days or weeks earlier, an article entitled “The Mary Sharp College and the War”: We have just returned from Winchester. On our way there we met with Prof. McCall, and some students of Union University returning home in the South, and learned from them the…
With the arrival of war, worship services of many Baptist churches in America are disrupted. Among congregations canceling monthly services (other than in cities and large towns, once-a-month services are common in Baptist life at this time, owing in no small degree to the difficulty of transportation) after the beginning of sectional hostilities is Providence…