Today the 49th annual meeting of the American Baptist Missionary Union convenes in the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Senator Ira Harris (NY), a Baptist layman, presides over the meeting as the organization’s president. Singing, scripture reading and prayer open the conference. Delegates from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New…
Today is designated national fast day in the United States, as declared by the government. Many sermons are preached on this occasion, including a discourse by Northern Baptist minister Daniel C. Eddy to the combined congregations of the First Baptist Church and Tabernacle Baptist Church, both of Philadelphia, the latter of which Eddy serves as…
This week Rev. I. S. Kalloch of New York City’s Laight-Street Baptist Church preaches a patriotic sermon. Rallying his congregation to the abolitionist cause, he condemns the slaveholding South, as summarized by a correspondent of the New York Times. At the Laight-street Baptist Church. Rev. I.S. KALLOCH introduced the devotional exercises of the congregation by…