Notes on the Principles & Practices of Baptist Churches

by Francis Wayland Jr.

This 1857 edition of Francis Wayland's Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptist Churches is available online in PDF from Google Books.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1857

About the author

Francis Wayland Jr. (March 11, 1796 – September 30, 1865), American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867, primarily to educate former slaves, and was named in his honor. (In 1899, Wayland Seminary merged with another school to become the current Virginia Union University, at Richmond, Virginia.)

Wayland was a long time vocal advocate for libraries. His donation to the town of Wayland, Massachusetts, in 1851 for the establishment of a public library was the catalyst for legislation in Massachusetts allowing towns to establish libraries.

Reviews

[David Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

Francis Wayland is a name every Baptist ought to know and this book is one every Baptist ought to read. I especially enjoyed how he handled public worship (very necessary), preaching styles (expository preaching is not new), and liberty of conscience. I’d rate this book 10 stars if I could!

[Nigella Blunt]

Ch2 P55 Thus we have made an agreement with you and raised the mountain over you: “Hold firmly to what we have brought you and remember what it contains, so that you may do your duty.”

[Courtney Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s an old book

The book had nuggets of value here and there but it’s what, 160 years old? The world is greatly different now than then for sure.