Introduction -- pt. I -- History of Baptist principles -- The New Testament churches -- history -- The New Testament churches -- constitution -- Christianity and the Caesars -- The Holy Catholic Church -- The struggle for a pure church -- The eclipse of evangelical Christianity -- Foregleams of the dawn -- The wrath of the dragon -- The old evangelical party -- Grebel and the Anabaptists -- The outbreak of fanaticism -- Menno Simons and his followers -- Part II -- A history of Baptist churches -- The early days -- The struggle for liberty -- The second reformation and its consequences -- The nineteenth century -- Baptists in the greater Britain -- Baptists in the colonies -- The period of expansion -- The days of controversy -- Evangelism and education -- The last fifty years -- Baptists in the United States -- irregular Baptist bodies -- Baptists in other countries -- Progress of Baptist principles.