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New Year’s Day 1861

| January 1, 2011

On New Year’s Day 1861, there was some anxiety about the secession of South Carolina which took place on 20 December 1860 in response to Abraham Lincoln’s election.  Plans were being made to hold a day of fasting and prayer as called for by President James Buchanan. We learn that the pastors of the M.E. […]