North Carolina Baptists this week read an account of the faithfulness of three faithful young men from their state who are serving in the Confederate Army. In the 60th Regiment of N. C. Troops there are three young members of the Berea Baptist Church. These brethren have had but few opportunities of attending public worship…
Today from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church of Richmond, Virginia, pastor John L. Burrows delivers a rousing sermon criticizing the opening of a new theatre in the Confederate capital. The new theatre replaces the city’s Hewitt Theatre that had burned on New Year’s day, and was built and is owned by a woman,…
The throes of war cannot stop Baptists of the South from the task of starting new congregations. Today the Smyrna Baptist Church of Pike County, Mississippi is birthed. The new church is founded at a time when many of the county’s men are fighting for the Confederacy. Meanwhile, another Baptist, Georgia Gov. Joseph E. Brown,…