Baptist Faith and Martyrs' Fires

There are several reasons why I have prepared this book during a very busy and responsible service to my brethren.I am fully conscious of a lack of both knowledge and ability of expression. However it appears. to me that our people are wanting in a knowledge of the simple primary and fundamental lessons of Baptist doctrines. Too the age in which we live does not lend promise for improvement. The atmosphere of human society in this complex age is such that ones mind is often so preoccupied as. to stifle Christian knowledge and growth.How many Baptists of today know why they are Bap- tists? How many could even state the cardinal beliefs of Baptists? There was never a time when so much heresy was preached. Of those called Baptists today very few can rightly claim the name. Some who claim it actually deny the Inspiration of the Scriptures; they do not believe in the virgin-birth of Christ in the blood atonement which He made; they do not believe in the bodily resurrection of Christ from the grave and they deny His Deity. Their gospel has become a mere social gospel nothing more. Millions of dollars are given in the name of Christianity and these dollars do not support Bible truths.As. to the church and its ordinances they know but little. We need to hearken anew to the Bible and its simple truths. The churches have in a large measure become too formal; the worship is entertaining to the carnal nature of which unfortunately we still have too much about us.