William C. Quantrill — former Confederate soldier serving under General Benjamin McCullough and currently leader of a ruthless Western band of guerrillas with southern sympathies — leads his outlaw gang toward Lawrence, Kansas. The foray marks Quantrill’s westernmost advance. Previously confining his raids in an area from western Missouri to the Kansas border, the guerrilla…
August is the beginning of revival season in the South, a time when many Baptist churches schedule protracted revival meetings. For many congregations, the months of August and September offer the best opportunity to add new members to church rolls, whether through conversions or transfer of membership. Letters to the editors of Baptist newspapers of…
The Albemarle Baptist Association of Virginia meets this week at Adiel Baptist Church in Nelson County. A correspondent from the Richmond Daily Dispatch reports on the meeting and Nelson County. The story, apparently composed by a reporter who has not previously attended such meetings, mentions an aspect of associational meetings not reported in official minutes…