Excerpt from Baptist Waymarks: Principles and Usages of Gospel Churches, Mainly From Authentic Sources, With Notes and CommentsHE Baptists Of America at the beginning Of the T twentieth century number nearly, five million communicants. They are found in every State and Territory Of the Union, with Schools, colleges, and theological seminaries, equal in numbers and in efficiency to those Of any denomination in the country, and added to these a great Publishing Society with branches in various States. That this mighty and aggressive people Should know themselves - their antecedents, their principles, and their usages - is beyond all question. Others Should also have the means Of knowing them.The questions to be answered in these pages are, what are the principles, and what are the Church usages Of these people - the Baptists Of America?There are various treatises, manuals, handbooks, and the like, on church discipline. Most Of these are the result Of laborious thought and research. Many Of them are almost unexceptionable in their teachings and practical Character.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.