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About Three Reasons Why I Am A Baptist
If any one wishes to know why the following pages are given to the public, the reason is easily furnished. The author was invited to preach a discourse at the dedication of a Baptist meeting-house. He complied with the invitation and deemed the occasion suitable for giving some of his reasons for being a Baptist. Many brethren have expressed a desire that these reasons should be published, giving it as their opinion, that the publication would promote scriptural views of Baptism and church government. In deference to the wishes of those valued brethren, the discourse has been expanded into the following treatise, and is now submitted to the public. That the day may soon come when there shall be, as in apostolic times, “one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism,” and one form of Church Government, is the author's fervent prayer.
