Christian editors and writers in the slave-based Confederacy, a nation whose constitution invokes “the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” continue their quest to identity the sins of the nation. In this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index, in the agonizing wake of the losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, an editorial argues that the leaders of…
Today William J. R. Taylor, Corresponding Secretary of the New York-based American Bible Society, writes a reply letter to Dr. Basil Manly, Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board, concerning a request for the purchase of New Testaments for children’s Sunday Schools in the South. In part, the reply letter states: It affords…
Today is a national day of Thanksgiving as decreed by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Many Baptist congregations assemble to celebrate recent Union victories and listen to special presentations from guest speakers. One such Thanksgiving celebration is held at the Washington Avenue Baptist Church of Brooklyn, New York. The guest speaker is the Rev. Dr. Jeffery…