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Southern Christian Advocate
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Chaplain Sam'l H. Smith of the 60th Georgia Regiment describes religious resources and activities in winter quarters, including a library, tracts, a log chapel for services and meetings, and a covenant among church members to promote moral behavior. He recommends this approach to other chaplains and notes the absence of Georgia missionaries.
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Mr. Editor:—It may afford the friends of the 60th Ga. Regiment, some comfort to learn the religious advantages and privileges their husbands, brothers, and sons, have enjoyed since this regiment has been in winter quarters.
In the first place, they have had the use of a library of 200 volumes of religious books, which were let out to the regiment upon the plan adopted by our Sabbath schools generally.
In the second place, the regiment has been supplied with a large number of religious papers, tracts, catechisms, and primers.
Third. A number of the members of the regiment united and erected a log chapel, regularly provided with seats, chimney, and pulpit. In this chapel we meet every Monday and Thursday nights, and Sabbaths, for preaching; and every Wednesday and Saturday nights for prayer-meetings, by the laity; and every Tuesday and Friday nights the debating club meet for discussion. Every Sabbath evening, the Sabbath-school meets. Every other evening during the week, we meet for day school and singing.
In addition, we have enrolled the names of the professors of religion belonging to the different Churches, each under the head of his respective Church, with the name of the Church to which he belongs, county and postoffice. We have covenanted together to pray for and with each other, to watch over, admonish and reprove each other; and if we see a brother walking disorderly, to reprove him. If he hears us, we have gained our brother; if not, we report his case to the Church of which he is a member. It is a difficult matter to get even members of the Church to so deport themselves as to reflect honor upon the Church and glory to God, in camps. With all the restraints we can throw around some of them, they manifest a disposition to go astray. But, I think, the course we are pursuing is better calculated to restrain men from sinning, and provoke them to love and good works, than any other I have seen published. I, therefore, recommend it to Chaplains generally.
What has become of the Missionaries who were sent to the Army from the different ecclesiastical assemblies of Georgia? Not one of them have I yet seen. Their services are very much needed in the Army, as nearly all the Chaplains are worn out.
Sam'l H. Smith,
Chaplain, 60th Ga. Regt.
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Sam'l H. Smith, Chaplain, 60th Ga. Regt.
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Mr. Editor
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the 60th georgia regiment enjoys various religious advantages in winter quarters, including a library, tracts, chapel services, and a covenant among church members to encourage moral behavior; this approach is recommended to other chaplains, and georgia missionaries are urgently needed as chaplains are worn out.
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