Excerpt from A Short History of the Baptists When the Short History of the Baptists was first published, in_1891, it was the convio tion of both author and publishers that a his tory of our denomination, written in an inter esting style, yet with scholarly accuracy, not so voluminous as to repel readers and cheap enough to be owned by the poorest, was a greatly needed book; The gratifying sale of the book has indicated that Baptists have found in it at least some approach to what they needed. The publishers - havefldecided to re issue it in a new dress, at a price that certainly puts it within the reach of anybody who cares to have it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.