Our Perspective

ON BAPTIST IDENTITY

C. H. Spurgeon wrote, “If I thought it were wrong to be a Baptist, I should give it up, and become what I believed to be right.” C. H. Spurgeon’s Autobiography. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1897). Volume 1, Page 154. Again he said, “We are Baptists, and we cannot swerve from this matter of discipline.” Autobiography. Volume 2, Page 328. On another occasion he wrote, “We are Calvinistic Baptists, and have no desire to sail under false colors, neither are we ashamed of our principles; if we were, we would renounce them tomorrow.” The Metropolitan Tabernacle: Its History and Work. (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1876). Page 4.

John Gill said, “I am a Baptist, and he may call me, if he pleases, a new one, or an old Calvinistic one, or an Antinomian one; it is a very trifle to me.” An Answer to the Birmingham Dialogue-Writer &c. – Part 1. (London: Aaron Ward, 1737). Page 134.

Abraham Booth wrote, “Our character is fixed. And be it known to all men, we are Strict Baptists. To this character, as before explained, we subscribe with heart and hand.” A Defense of the Baptists &c. (London: E. & C. Dilly, 1778). Page 142.

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