Today is Sunday, and a new Baptist church is born. But it is not a typical Baptist church. Union troops are now firmly in control of much of South Carolina’s coastline. One island town stands out above the others: Hilton Head, one of the wealthiest of the state’s towns prior to the war. Previously home…
The war does not stop the growth of the United States. Western railroad expansion continues, empowered by the Pacific Railroad Act enacted on July 1. The Act grants land and loans to railroad companies in order to connect the Midwest with California by rail. The westward march of the railroad is now underway, employing thousands…
Today Kentucky’s Campbell County Association of Baptists gather at the Baptist Church at Licking. The association meeting lasts for three days. Much of the talk is about missionary work, and in particular, home missions. The associational missionary reports one baptism for the past twelve months, compared to eighteen the prior year. In assessing the downtown,…