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- GLC#
- GLC05959.39.34-View header record
- Type
- Newspapers
- Date
- 19 August 1863
- Author/Creator
- Reynolds, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1814-1877
- Title
- Confederate Baptist. [Vol. 1, no. 42 (August 19, 1863)]
- Place Written
- Columbia, South Carolina
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 49.6 cm, Width: 33 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
An editorial titled "Thoughts" discusses the recent request by Jefferson Davis for a day of fasting and prayer. A long obituary for "Col. Oliver Evans Edwards" gives a lengthy biography as a lawyer, legislative member, and heroism in war. An article titled "Dedication" reports a spiritual jubilee in Orangeburg and the dedication of a new Baptist church there. "Divine Tokens" teaches the ways of God and his economy of grace, in particular application to the war. "Notes on the Times" criticiztes Abraham LIncoln's uncivilized warfare and mentions developments in Mississippi and Virginia, amongst other places.
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