tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post7676329628967202393..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Chasing WidowsPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-23710174511620903912013-12-18T13:06:41.492-07:002013-12-18T13:06:41.492-07:00Well, It is a delightful experience to read Jim Lu...Well, It is a delightful experience to read Jim Lutzweiler's take on Baptist records and his pursuit of the same...even to the chasing of widows and the circling buzzard comparisons. Here is where the funny part kicks in. My Brother-in-Law is Director of Missions or Associational Missionary of the Yellowstone Baptist Association which has within its area the battlefield and monument of the Little Bighorn. His wife (my sister) and I use to work out in the fields with some cousins who later we discovered to be descendants of one of Sitting Bull's sons. The father of our cousins, my grandfather's brother, once served in the 7th cavalry (in the early 20th century). A retired minister and friend of mine had a member in his first church, the general sent by the War Department (as it was then known) to investigate the debacle. <br /><br />And then there is the reference to Bellevue. My pastor who baptized and licensed me served as a youth minister on the staff of that church, when Dr. R.G. Lee was the pastor. My ordaining pastor was Dr. Lee's Associate Pastor, and the only man named in Dr. Lee's will to preach his funeral (Dr. Lee had about five preachers, but as Dr. Ernest R. Campbell use to lauch and say, "But the only one that was legal was me.") Life's threads surely make one interesting, fascinating, and compelling tapestry. Thank you, Jim.dr. james willinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01864251742704954632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-5162327071734133722013-07-19T09:39:24.692-06:002013-07-19T09:39:24.692-06:00I work in the archives of the Redemptorists of the...I work in the archives of the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province which is based in the provincial house in Brooklyn. I really enjoyed the post. I don't chase widows (our guys don't marry) but I do fight against the tendency of rectors of our houses to toss out the belongings of their deceased confreres. Our stock of documents and other objects is reflective of about 180 years of missionary work, urban ministry, military chaplaincy, seminary life, and so on. (see more: http://www.redemptorists.net/province-archives.cfm We don't get a lot of press, so it's helpful to see posts like this one and to remind researchers that we're here waiting for them.<br />Patrick Hayespjhayesphdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06500171375408062399noreply@blogger.com