BAPTIST
DOCTRINES

BEING AN EXPOSITION, IN A SERIES OF ESSAYS BY
REPRESENTATIVE BAPTIST MINISTERS, OF THE
DISTINCTIVE POINTS OF

BAPTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE


EDITED BY
CHARLES A. JENKENS

Baptist Heritage Press
[...]

Originally published
in St. Louis in 1890 by
C.R. Barns Publishing Co.

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Reprinted 1989 by
Baptist Heritage Press
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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION; . . . . . . . . 9
    By REV. C. A. Jenkens, Oxford, N. C.

I.
BAPTIST FAITH AND PRACTICE; . . . . 30
    By REV. Thomas Armitage, New York City.
II.
THE INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES; . . 49
    By REV. J. B. Jeter, Richmond, Virginia.
III.
INFANT BAPTISM UNSCRIPTURAL; . . . 70
    By REV. Wm. Cathcart, Philadelphia, Pa.
IV.
WHY THE BAPTISTS DO NOT BAPTIZE THEIR
   INFANTS; . . . . . . . . . 109
    By REV. W. E. Hatcher, Richmond, Va.
V.
BAPTISMAL REGENERATION; . . . . . 114
    By REV. C. H. Spurgeon, London, England.
VI.
IMMERSION ESSENTIAL TO CHRISTIAN BAP-
   TISM; . . . . . . . . . . 151
    By REV. H. S. Burrage, Portland, Maine.
VII.
THE POSITION OF BAPTISM IN THE CHRIS-
   TIAN SYSTEM; . . . . . . . 173
    By REV. H. H. Tucker, late of Atlanta, Ga.

VIII.
CLOSE COMMUNION; . . . . . . . 205
[CHM note: Closed is more scriptural.]
    By REV. R. M. Dudley, Georgetown, Ky.
IX.
CHURCH INDEPENDENCE; . . . . . . 230
[Note: Universal church error.]
    By REV. Justin A. Smith, Chicago, Ill.
X.
BAPTIST CHURCHES APOSTOLICAL; . . . 236
[Note: Universal church error.]
    By PROF. Albert H. Newman, Toronto, Ont.
XI.
THE GOSPEL MINISTRY; . . . . . . 283
[Note: Female? missionaries.]
    By REV. J. M. Stifler, Chester, Pa.
XII.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BAPTIST CHURCH
   AND ALL OTHER CHURCHES; . . . . 302
    By REV. T. H. Pritchard, Wilmington, N. C.
XIII.
THE MULTIPLICITY OF DENOMINATIONS AN
   EVIL; . . . . . . . . . . 321
[Note: Somewhat ecumenical.]
    By REV. J. B. Gambrell, Meridian, Miss.
XIV.
MISSIONS, THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTIANITY; . . 339
    By REV. J. B. Hartwell, San Francisco, Cal.
XV.
BAPTISTS AND MISSIONS; . . . . . . 360
    By REV. A. H. Burlingham, New York City.
XVI.
SPECIAL PROVIDENCE; . . . . . . 383
    By REV. Wayland Hoyt, Minneapolis, Minn.
XVII.
THE TRINITY; . . . . . . . . . 399
    By REV. Alvah Hovey, Newton Centre, Mass.

XVIII.
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST; . . . . . 423
    By REV. W. T. Brantly, late of Baltimore, Md.
XIX.
SALVATION BY FAITH; . . . . . . 443
    By REV. G. D. B. Pepper, Waterville, Maine.
XX.
THE ATONEMENT; . . . . . . . 469
    By REV. G. W. Samson, New York City.
XXI.
THE PERSONALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT; . . 507
    By REV. A. J. Gordon, Boston, Mass.
XXII.
REGENERATION ESSENTIAL TO SALVATION; . 521
    By REV. E. G. Taylor, late of Buffalo, N. Y.
XXIII.
PREDESTINATION; . . . . . . . . 543
[Note: pp. 563-565 M____m heresy.]
    By REV. Richard Fuller, late of Baltimore,
       Maryland.
XXIV.
FINAL PERSEVERANCE; . . . . . . 581
[Note: Better preservation.]
    By REV. T. T. Eaton, Louisville, Ky.
XXV.
FUTURE PUNISHMENT; . . . . . . 597
    By REV. J. L. Burrows, Norfolk, Va.
XXVI.
THE RESURRECTION; . . . . . . . 611
    By PROF. Norman Fox, New York City.