Draft dodger fate and river color notes amid 1863 dispatches
A mixed 1863 column details an attempted draft evasion in New York tied to a Seneca county man, plus a Provost Marshal exposure of a forged family Bible record. It also reports on Ohio River greenish surface growth, a rural draft exemption gag, and a lengthy Laughery Association meeting with German Mission funding and church subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seneca County
Auburn
Mall
New Albany
Ohio River
T. W. Fry
Madison Hospital
Crosier
State of Religion Report Urges Humility and Prayer
The committee notes some churches grow while many show lukewarm faith and backsliding. It warns such a state is guilty and dangerous and urges each church to set a day for humiliation and prayer before God. The chairman T. M. Erwin stresses personal, wholehearted repentance and God will be found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
T. M. Erwin
Resolutions of the Indiana Baptist State Convention 1864
The convention adopts prayers for victory over rebellion and calls churches to support mission and Sabbath School work. It urges patronage of The Witness and gratitude to Manchester Church, then plans to meet September 1864 at Rising Sun, Indiana. Jerimran Dent moderates. H. Davis records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sand Creek
F. T. Neal
Joseph Donnell
Flat Creek
George Cornelius
North Bend
White Water Valley
Charles Perrine
J. Alden
J. M. Holdenshade
Long Run
Madison
J. D. Stapp
Rangoon
Burmah
P. M. Osgood
American Baptist Missionary Union
P. M. Bickell
First German Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Ohio
Smith
American Bible Union
E. H. Davis
Wm. L. Connell
Stephen A. Bundy
A. Churchill
Eber Jones
Flat Rovck
E. P. Bond
T. M. Erwin
A. Connelly
J. Cell
A. C. Parsons
Joseph Connell
B. Daughters
Indiana Baptist State Convention
J. L. Thiebaud
S. A. Bundy
A. Churchbill
Lietter
A.J. Bowers
Joseph Suters
Wm. Dils
Benjamin Daughters
Committee On Divine Service
M. Osgood
P. W. Bickell
Elder Smith
Main Street Vevay
Jesus Christ
Witness
Manchester
Tt. M. Erwis
Corresponding Letter from Laughery Association Message
The Laughery Association writers extend cordial greetings to corresponding associations. They note blessed church progress and present yearly statistics. The letter urges faithfulness amid perilous times and references future association at Rising Sun Ohio County in September 1864 with Jerrutag Dext as moderator and E B Davis as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchster Cannon
J. Cell
Aurora
Jeremiah Cell
E. H. Davis
Laughery
Dranr Barraren
Rising Sun
Ohio County
Jerrutag Dext
E. B. Davis
Unbiased Mind Warned Against Personal Bias in Judgment
A circular argues that true judgment requires removing self interest. It warns no man or angel can survey moral questions without bias if danger of divine punishment looms. The text emphasizes the need for an impartial, steady stance.
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Eastern Board of Enrollment
Providence Journal
National Republican
Jeff Davis
Stoneman
Davis
Richmond
Petersburg
Executive
South
Macon
Georgia
Rosecrans
Laughery Association
Bear Creek
Richard Kelley
John Henry
Edson
Winkley
William L. Connell
B. N. McHenry, E. H. Davia
A. Bundy
T. M. Erwin, William House
William Dils
John W. Curtis, Henry Shuter
Sparta
John D. Johnson
George Givan
Franklin
Benj
R. H. Richardson
Joseph Suters, G. Parsons
Silas Wicks
Huron Marsh
Luther Dolby, David Driskell
Salem
B. Morgan
James Stevenson
Lawrenceburg
Walter Hudson
Delaware
J. L. Daall
Monpar
J. F. Dorkman
Dorkman
Ebenecer
Hogan Hill
Moore's Hill
Lawr
Versailles
Luther Dolby
Elrod
H.R. Helmuth
M. Erwin
Ana Folel
Gleek
Charles Clark
Wm. Pendergrass
Bro
J. F. Dorhman
Jostra Suter
An Connelly
Erwin
Ho J. Fell
Wade
Hu Davis
Ieebes Ndeegeseenee
B. N. McHenry
Seneeees Eens Gerree Phaakle Ntact
A. CG. Jews
J.-D. Stapp
Wm. S. Holman
Aurora Baptist Sabbath School
Joseph Sutera
Moore’s Hill
Henry J. Bowers
William N. Shockley
Washington Church
Cesar Creek
A. C. Lowe
Center Grove
J.D
Committee On Circular Letter
William H. Cobb
Ebenezer
Lyman T. Smith
Wm. N. Shockley, Wm. D. Branon
Richard Morton
David Lewis Risinger
A. Anthony
Mark Murry
Washington
J. L. Beall
J. Signor
G. Dolby
Wm. Burbage
Z. Beall
J. M. McKitrick
W. M. Beall
Sylvester Ferris
L. H. Givan
Ja. C. Lowe
Jamess
Jordan
A. J. Bowers
Eben Heath
John Grey
D. Spaulding
Cornelius Miller
Benjamin Fowler
Andrew Parsons
Enoch Tillon
Wm. L. Hartley
A. E. Morrell
William L. Hartley
William Wise
William Robinson
Peter Truitt
Cesar Creee
H. A. Winter
Henry A. Winter
Py. O
Fords
Indiana
Richard
Bond
Aa Ac
J.F. Dorhman
Reviniteenen
Benj. Daughters
Holman
B’g
F.T. Blasdell
Besenenens
Edward Roberts
Hart’s Mills
Lewis Risinger
Prinksidek Abdesriebteas Delaware
Anthony RO Ee
Pierceville
Teres
Tega Bale
AMG
Talal Sunman
John
Henry
U. S.army
Risig Sun
mI _ Jerimran Dent
Exam H. Davis
Elder A. Churchill
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