A United States prohibition on commerce with the Confederacy has resulted in a shortage of Bibles in the South, as the American Bible Society is no longer allowed to sell or distribute Bibles southward. Exasperating this situation, the capture of the city of Nashville in February has shut down printing presses that were publishing pocket-sized…
Confederate Christians are ramping up production of Bibles and tracts for soldiers. In order to expedite the process, Protestant denominations are working together. A recent report from the Board of Colportage of the Baptist State Convention of South Carolina commends this ecumenical effort: We appeal to every christian man, we circulate no Tract or Book…
Even as Baptists on the southern home front complain about the evils of army camp life, they eagerly look for evidence that the distribution of religious literature among soldiers is pushing back the spiritual darkness so rampant. One report from a Confederate colporter is making the rounds: A colporter, laboring among the Confederate forces in…