LETTER: James W. Barnes to Bro. Graves, 1862 - Anderson Co, TX Contributed by Vicki Betts August 11, 2002 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************************** All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** TENNESSEE BAPTIST, January 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 5 Shall Preaching be Abandoned? Bro. Graves:--Suffer a young Baptist, through your paper to address all who profess to be friends and followers of my blessed Jesus. Brethren, with a heart filled with sorrow I see the kingdom of Satan triumphing over the kingdom of my blessed Saviour. Many who apparently stood firm in the cause of Christ in times of prosperity have forsaken their post in the trying hours of adversity and temptation! and gone back to the world and sin. Let us not give up the struggle in the cause of Jesus, for we learn that through many tribulations we are to enter the kingdom. The promise is: "In due time ye shall reap if ye faint not." Many brethren are refusing to uphold the arm of the minister, and say, "Let our pastor remain at home, for preaching will do no good in these times in the Southern Confederacy. May our God give you many days yet to work for the South religiously and politically. We are all right in Texas now, plenty of beef, mutton, corn and wheat, and I have some more of those "$100 mutton" for you when you visit me again in Texas. Yours, fraternally, James W. Barnes. Anderson, Grimes county, Texas, Nov. 5th, 1861. Remarks.—We fully appreciate the kind expressions contained in the above. To deserve the approbation of such brethren as our brother B., we feel is to have done right. When our cause, as a public journalist, is frowned upon by brethren of this class, we shall consider that our public usefulness has closed. The columns of this paper are open to the brethren of Texas, and their communications.