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The South's legacy
Wednesday, Apr 16, 2008 - 11:00 AM Updated: 12:33 PM
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In Alabama, April is designated as Confederate History and Heritage Month by the governor and state Board of Education.
The greatest Christian Revival in American history mushroomed in the Confederate States Army during Lincoln’s Tax War (mistakenly called a civil war), crowning the South with the title “Bible Belt” even to this day.
The South has the highest concentration of Bible-believing Christians in the world. This legacy is the most eternally significant feature of our Confederate heritage. Eyewitness testimonies of how our Confederate soldiers won the spiritual war are vividly recorded in: “Christ in the Camp” and “Great Revival in the Southern Armies.” Read them without charge online at www.books.google.com.
Jefferson Davis earnestly encouraged this Christian Revival, but Abraham Lincoln, who was not a Christian according to his friends, prohibited Bibles from entering the South, resulting in thousands of Bibles shipped from England being seized and dumped into the Atlantic Ocean. Testimonies by Lincoln’s friends that he was not a Christian may be read free online at www.books.google.com.
“Life of Abraham Lincoln” by Ward Lamon pages 486-504. After the war, our Confederate veterans built churches every few miles throughout the South, many becoming pastors and circuit riders. Most Southerners grew up hearing the gospel because of our veterans’ labors.
Roger K. Broxton, president
Confederate Heritage Fund Andalusia
The greatest Christian Revival in American history mushroomed in the Confederate States Army during Lincoln’s Tax War (mistakenly called a civil war), crowning the South with the title “Bible Belt” even to this day.
The South has the highest concentration of Bible-believing Christians in the world. This legacy is the most eternally significant feature of our Confederate heritage. Eyewitness testimonies of how our Confederate soldiers won the spiritual war are vividly recorded in: “Christ in the Camp” and “Great Revival in the Southern Armies.” Read them without charge online at www.books.google.com.
Jefferson Davis earnestly encouraged this Christian Revival, but Abraham Lincoln, who was not a Christian according to his friends, prohibited Bibles from entering the South, resulting in thousands of Bibles shipped from England being seized and dumped into the Atlantic Ocean. Testimonies by Lincoln’s friends that he was not a Christian may be read free online at www.books.google.com.
“Life of Abraham Lincoln” by Ward Lamon pages 486-504. After the war, our Confederate veterans built churches every few miles throughout the South, many becoming pastors and circuit riders. Most Southerners grew up hearing the gospel because of our veterans’ labors.
Roger K. Broxton, president
Confederate Heritage Fund Andalusia