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J. T. Tabler (search for this): chapter 5
ries we held repeated meetings, and there is evidently an increasing interest in religion. Wherever I have gone among our troops, I have found a cheering proportion of pious men—soldiers of Christ. I have found young brethren who stand firm in their Christian integrity despite of temptation. Among these there are many who boldly advocate the cause of truth. I have distributed 30,000 pages of religious matter, and humbly trust the Divine blessing has accompanied this labor of love. J. T. Tabler. March 5, 1863. Our Sunday-school and Publication Board has brought out recently a number of tracts, which will add not a little to the usefulness and reputation of its issues. We give their names: The Evils of Gaming; a Letter to a Friend in the Army, by Rev. J. B. Jeter, D. D.— Swearing, by Hon. J. L. M. Curry— God's Providence, a Source of Comfort and Courage to Christians, by Rev. A. M. Poindexter, D. D.— For the Confederate army, by Hon. M. J. Wellborn.— David, by Profess
George B. Taylor (search for this): chapter 5
ers on last Sabbath, in one of the hospitals in Staunton, at which some twenty-five asked for the prayers of God's people, and all seemed to be serious in regard to the things which make for their peace. I was assured by the post chaplain (Rev. G. B. Taylor), that a great and blessed reformation had been effected in the hospitals. He said that in the early stages of the war it was very difficult to secure the attention of the men to the preached word. Many would sit with hats on during religs! To arms! by Rev. C. D. Mallory— The mourner, by Mrs. M. M. McCrimmon—and A proclamation of peace, by Rev. J. L. Dagg, D. D. The board has also succeeded at last in getting through the press The Soldiers' Almanac for 1863, prepared by Rev. George B. Taylor. In its selections, this bears the marks of the editor's usual piety, judgment and taste. The following is from one of the most useful ministers we ever had in Virginia: Petersburg, February, 1863. Dear Brother Dickinson: I d
J. W. Williams (search for this): chapter 5
? There are scores of pious men in the army who will become voluntary colporters if we can supply them with books. What a field of usefulness this war has opened! May it not be that this is one of the ways in which God makes the wrath of men to praise Him? Let all who can imitate the example of this pious soldier, and very soon the tree of life will be placed within reach of the tens of thousands of brave men who are now congregated within the limits of our State. A. E. D. Brother J. W. Williams, Mathews county: Our soldiers are all well. I have morning and evening services, weekly prayermeetings, and preaching every Sunday. I have no tracts. Do send me some, that I may be placing them in the hands of the soldiers. Brother H. Madison, Richmond: I have been laboring three weeks in the various encampments around Richmond, and so much have I been prospered that I feel like thanking God and taking courage. I find that, almost without exception, the soldiers are religiousl
Robert Vance (search for this): chapter 5
beral donations of their publications, and did it with a Christian courtesy and charity which arose above the passions of the hour, and which our Southern people should gratefully remember, even if they had not continued, after the war, to make grants, amounting to considerably over $100,000, to circulate God's word among the needy of our Southern land. I find this item in a file of the Religious Herald for 1864: On an application by Rev. Levi Thorne, of North Carolina, approved by Governor Vance, 100,000 Bibles and Testaments, principally for North Carolina troops in the Confederate service, were granted by the American Bible Society, New York, at its meeting in December. For the South-west 50,000 were granted at the same time. If other societies at the North made any such donations, I am not aware of it, and should be glad to be informed that I may give them due credit. But with all the copies we could import or print, there was a great scarcity of Bibles and Testaments,
Editors (search for this): chapter 5
sbyterian Church, and one of those public men who never hesitates to show his colors—to speak out for Christ. Messrs. Editors: The following letter from John Randolph Tucker, Esq., Attorney-General of Virginia, will be of service to the causeof a grand mass-meeting held in Richmond in the same interest will show the general coopera-tion of our people. Messrs. Editors: Will you be kind enough to transfer to your columns, from the Richmond Whig, the enclosed account of the meeting hwho did so noble a work in printing and circulating tracts, gives the following statement concerning his work: Messrs. Editors: I hope that a few facts about colportage among the soldiers will not be unacceptable to your readers. Though I havng the soldiers. Many of them begged me to hold a protracted meeting there. Richmond, Virginia, December 19. Messrs. Editors: It was my privilege to attend a meeting for soldiers on last Sabbath, in one of the hospitals in Staunton, at which
T. W. Sydnor (search for this): chapter 5
t the house, and now send you this, hoping that, with God's blessing, it may save some soul. In response to one of my appeals, I received from Miss Chapin, his aunt, the pocket-Bible which E. Garland Sydnor (son of our honored brother, Rev. Dr. T. W. Sydnor) carried in his pocket when he gave his noble young life to the land he loved. It was stained with the blood of the patriot-soldier, and his aunt wrote that while she prized it above all price, she could not withhold it from some poor soit to my old university friend and brother, Edwin Bowie, of Westmoreland county, who was badly wounded, but survived the war, and only last year the book, around which so many hallowed associations and precious memories cluster, was returned to Dr. Sydnor. Garland Sydnor was a cousin of Captain Hugh A. White, whose death has been described in the previous chapter, and there are some interesting coincidences in their lives, and the circumstances attending their death, which seem worthy of reco
William Huff (search for this): chapter 5
ss. Rev. T. J. McVeigh, chaplain at Farmville: My supply of tracts has been distributed, and the soldiers ask for more. I administered the ordinance of baptism (for the first time) a few Sabbaths since, in the Appomattox river, to a young soldier from Alabama. It was the most deeply interesting and beautiful scene I ever witnessed. All of the soldiers who were able to leave their rooms gathered upon the banks of the river, and seemed to have a high appreciation of the ordinance. Rev. Wm. Huff, Marion, Virginia: Our colporters now in the Western army are laboring with encouraging prospects. Rev. J. H. Harris is visiting General Marshall's command. He finds them destitute, and anxious for something to read. He says: After the labors of the day it is truly gratifying to see them grouped together, reading aloud to each other such portions of their tracts as interest them most, and speaking in the highest praise of the little camp hymn-books. . . . Rev. M. D. Anderson: I for
D. G. Daniel (search for this): chapter 5
ahannock 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 writes, from near Guinea's Depot, Caroline county: A very interesting meeting is in progress here, conducted by the cha
P. F. August (search for this): chapter 5
e words: We are praying for you, Charlie, that you may become a Christian. That's the sentence, said the grateful boy, and the tears gushed from his eyes. When I was eating those dainties, I thought, mother is praying for me. I knew where she used to go to pray, and I could almost hear the words, We are all praying for you, Charlie, that you may become a Christian. Now, I thank God for a praying mother, for her prayer is answered, 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
Early (search for this): chapter 5
eel 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 time escaped injury, speaking to him at the same time of the importance of beinged especially for the soldiers over 81,000 pages of each of the following appropriate tracts: A voice from heaven; Don't put it off; All-sufficiency of Christ; Selfdedication to God; Private devotion; The act of faith; The sentinel and Motives to Early piety —in all of these over 618,000 pages; and of the excellent tract, Come to Jesus, 17,280 copies, or 545,280 pages—making in all reprinted, 1,163,--520 pages; in value, $930.56. These we have got out at the prices heretofore paid to the Americ
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