1887-1889. THE ORPHAN'S FRIEND. Kentucky Mission to Civil War Orphans. Rare. MiraclesFormerly property of the "Connie Maxwell Orphanage." One of the oldest orphanages in the South, it began in 1888 with a vision from the Baptist Convention of South Carolina. The Maxwell's, owners of a nearly 500 acre estate in Greenwood, South Carolina, had lost their only child at the age of 7. They were looking for ways to make her brief life meaningful, and read of the plans of the Convention in the Baptist Courier. They donated the land with the
They spoke in unknown tongues
*Mutiny in the Texan Camp
The message was clear
on the Bill to Provide for the Gradual Resumption of Specie Payments
Duff returned to Britain broken in health
*The Indian's Lament for the Great Wampanoag Chief
and grave upon it like the engravings of a signet
Duff was called to the chair
but continued to preach in homes and secret
earning a national reputation among blacks and whites alike with her missionary work
Batley at the Dove
who also at the same time invited George Whitefield to preach in Scotland