Devotion for Week of April 2, 2012 - CHRIST IN THE CAMP

"CHRIST IN THE CAMP"        

JOHN Wm. JONES was born in Mineral Virginia in 1836.  He was ordained in the Southern Baptist Convention in 1860 and was headed to China as a missionary when the War Between The States broke out.  He enlisted in the 13th Virginia. Within a year's time he received a commission as the unit's chaplain.  Because of the lack of competent chaplains he resigned as the unit chaplain and became the first Baptist evangelist-at-large in the Army of Northern Virginia.

After the war Gen. Robert E. Lee asked Dr. Jones if he would write a book on what God did in the Confederate army.  This he did in 1877 and the book is entitled "Christ in the Camp."  In this book Dr. Jones writes: "Any history of this army which omits an account of the wonderful influence of religion upon it-which fails to tell how the courage, discipline, and morale was influenced by the humble piety and evangelical zeal of many of its officers and men-would be incomplete and unsatisfactory."

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