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 one's mind is often so preoccupied as. to stifle Christian knowledge and growth.

How many Baptists of today know why...