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South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
haracter successfully at work in this wide and inviting field. The Georgia Bible and Colportage Society, Rev. F. M. Haygood, agent, was actively engaged in the work of printing and circulating tracts in the armies of the South-west. The South Carolina Tract Society was an earnest ally in the holy cause, and sent out its share of tracts to swell the vast number scattered like leaves of the Tree of Life all over the land. The presses in every great commercial centre were busy in throwing a hymn; I repeated, Jesus lover of my soul. He remarked, Where else but in Jesus can a poor sinner trust? Just as he passed away, he looked up to heaven and said, Heaven is so sweet to me, and to the presence of Jesus he went. Another from South Carolina sang with joy, Happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away. Young B——, of Virginia, was resigned and even rejoiced at the near prospect of death. He repeated the lines, How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord. His end was peace. One of
Fincastle (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
sters of fruit ripening around him, and then, when called home to heaven, he will be held in everlasting remembrance by those whom he has won for Christ. A. E. D. A few days since, a lady said to Elder William G. Margrave: My husband, before he became a soldier, rarely ever read the word of God, but now he delights in perusing its blessed pages. He hopes that his sins are forgiven, and that he is a child of God. Through what instrumentality was this soldier converted? A lady in Fincastle, who from the beginning of the war has been a tract distributer, furnished the printed page which, under God, brought about this change. Thus does the Divine Spirit honor those who seek to honor the Master by saving precious souls. We know not what word, what page, what sermon is thus to be honored, and hence, Blessed are they that sow beside all waters. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand, for thou knowest not whether shall prosper either this or tha
Dixon, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
acts and Testaments. Two young men asked me to pray for them, and never can I forget how they wept and thanked me for searching them out. How I rejoice at being allowed to labor for the souls of these dear soldiers. Last Thursday evening the Sunday-school and Publication Board of the Baptist General Association determined to have 10,000 copies of the New Testament printed in Richmond. This, if we mistake not, is the first time the New Testament has ever been published south of Mason and Dixon's line. It is surely an important move, and should be encouraged by all who feel interested in the effort to secure Southern independence. . . . A. E. Dickinson, General Superintendent. Several young men in the Alabama regiments have been converted by reading the tract, Come to Jesus, and the works, Persuasives to Early piety and Baxter's call. On another occasion I gave books and tracts to a young man who had been in several engagements since he left home, though he had up to that
New Bern (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
e was he replied, I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him. At my next visit I found him unable to speak above a whisper. I stooped down to his ear and inquired how it was with him. He replied, I had rather depart and be with Christ, which is far better; and in this delightful frame of mind he passed to his heavenly home. Rev. A. L. Strough, chaplain Thirty-seventh North Carolina Regiment: In our retreat from Newberne, North Carolina, when overpowered by the superior force of the enemy, we lost nearly all the Testaments, etc., we had, and have not since been able to secure anything to read except fifteen small volumes presented to us by Kingston Baptist Church. Our regiment is now in four different directions, hence the chaplain cannot be with them all. Before we left North Carolina there were 137 in the regiment penitently inquiring after the Saviour. Rev. W. G. Margrave: Besides laboring here and there in
Louisa (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
nswered, and I am happy. The amount contributed during July and August for the Sunday-School and Publication Board will not fall short of twenty thousand dollars. Never have the churches responded more liberally to the claims of this board than of late. A church in Pittsylvania county (Shockoe) has this year given $2,400—one member leading the list with $900—a larger amount than a few years ago was contributed by all the churches in Virginia to Baptist colportage. Berea Church, in Louisa county, instead of giving us about $100 as formerly, has already raised in the neighborhood of $1,000 as its contribution for this year. The churches of the James River Association sent up to their annual meeting an average of more than $200 apiece without a word being said to any one of them by an agent. . . .—A. E. D. Brother E. Steadman, of Georgia, authorized Elder A. E. Dickinson to draw on him for $25,000 for army colportage. This is in addition to the $6,000 recently paid by him to <
Shelby, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
0 as its contribution for this year. The churches of the James River Association sent up to their annual meeting an average of more than $200 apiece without a word being said to any one of them by an agent. . . .—A. E. D. Brother E. Steadman, of Georgia, authorized Elder A. E. Dickinson to draw on him for $25,000 for army colportage. This is in addition to the $6,000 recently paid by him to our board for the same purpose. A wounded Confederate captain was recently baptized at Shelby, North Carolina, who was awakened and led to Jesus while in camp by a fragment of a religious tract which he picked up in an adjoining grove. A missionary in the Army of Northern Virginia mentions the case of a lady at home who attributed her conviction and subsequent conversion to a tract which her cousin in the army procured from our depository at Orange Court House, and sent to her last winter. Orange Court House, Virginia. I have conversed with soldiers daily since I have been statione
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
ull of labors and ripe for heaven, he went up higher: For more than forty years this venerable brother has been travelling the mountains and valleys of Western Virginia as a colporter. He is probably the oldest tract man in the South. Hardly a day for twoscore years, except when hindered by sickness, but has found him in t to be, is traceable to the influence which this brother exerted upon them. From the very first of the war Brother Margrave has been following our armies in Western Virginia like a ministering angel, pointing to heaven and leading the way. Recently his aged companion was removed from earth to heaven; but, though greatly crushed iit, he falters not in his devotion to the great cause to which his life has been given. Mr. Samuel Price, of Greenbrier, so well known in Eastern as well as Western Virginia, and a Presbyterian, pays Brother Margrave a handsome tribute in a private letter just received. I desire to say, writes Mr. Price, that he has been indefat
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
e freely sent forth to all the camps and hospitals from their centre of operations. The Virginia Episcopal Mission Committee heartily united in the work, and spent thousands of dollars per annum in sending missionaries to the army, and in printing and circulating tracts. Rev. Messrs. Gatewood and Kepler, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, were the zealous directors of operations in Virginia, while in other States such men as Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, Doctor, now Bishop, Quintard, of Tennessee, and the lamented General Polk gave the weight of their influence and the power of their eloquence, written and oral, to promote the cause of religion among our soldiers. At Raleigh, North Carolina, early in the war, Rev. W. J. W. Crowder commenced the publication of tracts, encouraged and assisted by contributions from all classes of persons. In less than a year he reported: We have published, of thirty different tracts, over 5,000,000 pages, more than half of which we have given away
Leesburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
rseback said to me: Give me one of those to read, so as to keep me out of devilment. 'Twas a rough way of expressing a good idea, I thought. Of course I gave him one, and immediately the soldiers were swarming around me, desiring to be furnished, and were sadly disappointed when they saw that my supply was exhausted. I turned away with a sad heart to see so many hungering in vain for that which was able to make them wise unto salvation. A chaplain—Rev. W. B. Owen—thus writes from Leesburg, Virginia: A package of tracts sent to Captain Ivey, Seventeenth Mississippi Regiment, came to hand, and I am glad of the opportunity to thank you for them. I assure you, had you been present as I passed up and down every company in our regiment distributing them, and seen how eagerly they were read by the soldiers, you would be stimulated to put forth every exertion to scatter such blessings continually among the soldiers. We have had considerable religious interest in our regiment; some hav
Savannah (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5
r, renders valuable service by occasionally taking an agency tour for us. He recently spent a few weeks in the Rappahannock Association, and returned with $850. We would like to appoint a few more such laborers. Rev. J. H. Campbell writes, from Savannah: Last Sunday, at a meeting held at this place, at least three hundred soldiers came forward for prayer. Brother Campbell writes most imploringly for reading matter, and says: The soldiers manifest more anxiety for reading matter of late than ever before. Three of the most useful Baptist ministers in Georgia, Elders J. H. Campbell, S. Landrum and D. G. Daniel, are now acting as tract distributers for us at Savannah. Rev. W. L. Fitcher writes, from Petersburg, Virginia: I have enjoyed many interesting seasons among the soldiers since I've been in your employ. Have always been kindly received by officers and men, and the kind thanks that I have received from them have fully repaid me for all my labors. Rev. John H. Taylor writ
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