A Century of Baptist Achievement (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A Century of Baptist Achievement (Classic Reprint) written by Albert Henry Newman and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Century of Baptist Achievement As the close of the wonderful nineteenth century drew near, it occurred to the editor that the achievements of the Baptists, which had constituted one of its most marked religious features, might fittingly be commemorated in a volume. It was at first his thought either to write the entire volume himself or to associate with himself a single competent writer. Further consideration led to the conviction that a co-operative work in which each topic should be treated, as far as might prove practicable, by the scholar most conversant with the materials involved, would best subserve the end in view. The readiness with which a large number of the most eminent, and consequently most heavily burdened, brethren acceded to the editor's request for co-operation was highly gratifying, and the manner in which they have performed the tasks so graciously assumed has fully confirmed the wisdom of the plan adopted. The number of topics selected by the editor and the spatial limitation prescribed by the publishers rendered absolutely necessary a rigorous restriction of each writer. All who have had the experience of being obliged to crowd into three thousand words materials that might well he expanded into a volume will fully appreciate the difficulty that some of our contributors have encountered in trying to keep within the prescribed limits. And whoever has undertaken to compress within narrower bounds articles that in the opinion of their writers were already unduly abbreviated will join with the editor in his appreciation of the remarkable skill, born of years of intelligent, considerate, and painstaking practice, with which Dr. Philip L. Jones, book editor of the American Baptist Publication Society, has condensed several of the articles contained in this volume, including that written by the editor, without materially interfering with the flow of their thought or marring their unity. It is a matter of regret to the editor and the book editor alike that all articles could not be printed substantially as they were received; but such a course would have swollen the volume to impracticable proportions. 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.