THE BAPTISTS IN

An Historical Survey.

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Introduction Principles of the Baptists

I Traces of Baptist Doctrine in the Early Scottish Church 7 15 II Baptist Witness During the Coimnonwealth 33 III An Isolated Beginning 35 IV The Scots Baptist Connexion 48 V The Work of the Haldanes 58 VI Churches of the "English" Order 73 VII The Home Missionary Society 81 VIII Decline of the Soots Baptists 88 IX The First Baptist Union 97 [X A Century of Progress 111 XI Ministerial Education IBQ XII The Wider Outlook 130 XIII The Baptist Union of Scotland 141 XIV Churches and The&r Ministers 151 XV Students in the Colleges 154 XVI Literary Works of Scottish Baptists

165 Appendix A. Leith Confession of Faith of 165S. B« Proclamation of Charles II against Quakers and Anabaptists. 167 0. Principles of the Scots Baptists. 168 D. Order of Service in Scots Baptist Church, . 170 E. Principles of First "English" Baptist 170 Church, .

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AH historioal survey of any particular section of the Christian Church demands a prefatory statement of the principles which it

cherishes, especially those that distinguish it from the other

parts of the Christian body. One might reasonably compare the religious denominations to the various regiments of the national

army, each with its own distinctive marks and colours, but all engaged in the same warfare, and all working under the direction of the same commander-in-chief. The Baptist Church has ever sou^t to co-operate with other churches in the advancement of the

Kingdom of God, as its beliefs in the cardinal doctrines of Christianity harmonise with those of other religious bodies; never­

theless, it has preserved its own distinctive marks, because of its

particular conceptions of Christian truth and duty.

The name "Baptist" is rather unfortunate, because it seems to

imply the monopoly of an ordinance which the Baptist does not claim; and also tends to make the chief focus of interest on the ordinance itself, instead oC on the trdths which it implies and symbolises.

The great fundamental principle for which Baptists contend,

and the one which has given them their distindtitbname, is the BAPTISM OP BELIEVERS BY IMMERSION. They focus attention upon the ordinahoe, for everything vital to Christianity is there in symbol, and every genuine Baptist principle is there in implication.

Baptism by immersion, upon a profession of repentance and faith,

I in Obedience to apostolic practice, is the observance that marks them Off from other Christian communities. The authority for their practice is the commission of Christ to His disciples:- "Go ye there­

fore, and make disciples of all nations, baptising them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost."/'It is the baptism of intelligent persons who have entered upon a new life Of moral and spiritual relationship to God, and who have dedicated ,

their lives to the serviceof Jesus Christ. The ordinance is the

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