A Texas Baptist History Sourcebook: A Companion to McBeth's Texas Baptists

Contents

iii C O N T E N T S Foreword, Harry Leon McBeth ........................................................ xvii Preface ............................................................................................... xix List of Abbreviations ....................................................................... xxiii Chapter 1. CHANGING FLAGS OVER TEXAS ........................... 1 1.1 Cortez and Coronado...................................................................... 1 Cortez: The Enforcement of the Faith Cortez: Developing an Indigenous Catholic Faith by Force The Dominicans’ Role: No Indigenous Clergy Coronado and the Seven Cities of Cíbola La Salle The Baptist Perspective of Catholic Hegemony 1.2 Stephen F. Austin: “The Father of Texas”...................................... 7 The “Catholic” Contract to Live in Texas Austin’s Early Capitulation to Catholicism: Austin to Jose Antonio Saucedo Questions on the Degrees of Catholic Complicity before Migration Catholic Reaction to the New Settlers Baptist Disinclination to Catholic Hegemony The Joseph Bays Incident Chapter 2. BAPTIST BEGINNINGS IN TEXAS, 1820–1840 ..... 12 2.1 Zacharius N. Morrell .................................................................... 12 Morrell’s Call to Go to Texas Morrell’s First Sermon in Texas and Decision to Remain, 1835 The First Sermon Preached in Houston Indian Fighting The First Missionary Baptist Church in Texas, 1836 2.2 Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor ................................................... 17 Early Politics with Henry Clay Birth of the Tiger Point Church, 1840 iv ⁄ CONTENTS The Baptist Principles Undergirding Baylor University The Founding and Naming of Baylor University, 1845 The Importance of R. E. B. Baylor to Z. N. Morrell Address to the Union Association 2.3 Noah Turner Byars ....................................................................... 23 Byars’s Stand against Heretical Doctrine Byars the Texas Patriot—To Arms! Byars and Revival 2.4 Daniel Parker ................................................................................ 25 Two-Seeds in the Spirit The Effects of Daniel Parker on Texas Baptists 2.5 Thomas J. Pilgrim ........................................................................ 30 First Sunday School in Texas Report on Sabbath Schools Chapter 3. EMERGING BAPTIST STRUCTURE, 1840–1848 .. 42 3.1 James Huckins .............................................................................. 42 The Birth of the First Baptist Church of Galveston, 1840 First Baptism on Galveston Island, 1840 Report of the Committee of Education 3.2 William Milton Tryon .................................................................. 45 A Revival in Irwinton, Alabama A Christian’s Role in Texas The Need for Baptist Education in Texas Tryon’s First Report to the Board of Domestic Missions 3.3 J. G. Thomas................................................................................. 49 Results of an Itinerant Preaching Tour 3.4 George Washington Baines .......................................................... 50 Church Discipline A Question to Texas Baptist editor Baines Baines’s Presidential Salary 3.5 J. W. D. Creath ............................................................................. 51 Creath Promotes Landmarkistic Books in Texas Creath Raises Funds for the Baptist State Convention 3.6 The Union Association ................................................................. 52 The Bill of Rights of the Union Baptist Association 3.7 The Birth of the Texas Baptist Education Society ....................... 53 Texas Baptist Education The Endorsement of Baylor University by the Union Association 3.8 Rufus Columbus Burleson ........................................................... 55 Address before the Union Association A Love for Baylor over the Presidency of Union CONTENTS ⁄ v 3.9 William Carey Crane .................................................................... 65 Baylor First and Foremost Crane’s Summary of His Difficult Days at Baylor Washington County—Political and Religious Significance 3.10 Concerning the Colored Population ........................................... 73 On Application of Colored Church, Anderson Report on the Colored Population Report on Religious Instruction of Colored Population The Negro Intellect Slavery is a Means of Evangelism 3.11 The German Population ............................................................. 75 The Need Evangelistic Endeavors by the Baptist State Convention Baptist Commitment to the German Texans 3.12 Southern Baptist Interest in Texas ............................................. 77 Baptist Birth, Growth, and Organization in Texas 3.13 James Bodkin Link..................................................................... 78 The Birth of the First Baptist Church, Waco The Birth of the First Baptist Church of Galveston Chapter 4. PROGRESS AMIDST PROBLEMS, 1848–1868....... 86 4.1 The Baptist State Convention....................................................... 86 The Constitution of the Baptist State Convention—1848 4.2 Texas and Foreign Missions ......................................................... 89 Texas Takes Care of Its Own 4.3 Sabbath Schools ........................................................................... 90 The Importance of Sabbath Schools The First Sabbath School Convention Sermon, J. H. Stribbling— 1865 4.4 The Texas Baptist ....................................................................... 101 The First Year The Growth of the Texas Baptist 4.5 The Birth of New Associations .................................................. 103 The Organization of the San Marcos Association The Waco Association, Report on Colored Missions 4.6 New Conventions ....................................................................... 104 The Eastern Baptist Convention The Baptist General Association 4.7 The Civil War ............................................................................. 107 The Union Association—Confederate Advocates 4.8 Baptists and Temperance............................................................ 108 A Letter to Editor Link vi ⁄ CONTENTS Chapter 5. DIVIDED WE STAND, 1868–1886 ........................... 110 5.1 Baylor University vs. Waco University...................................... 110 Burleson’s Charges against Clark Clark’s Charges against Burleson 5.2 Waco University Begins to Thrive—Baylor...