When examining the subject of baptism, the author was forced to read a large number of tracts, pamphlets and books. He found that none of these covered the entire subject sufficiently. He set forth to produce a comprehensive work to place into the hands of young converts and those wanting to study the subject. “Why I Am a Baptist” is that work, it is “a compilation of facts and the arguments of others, culled from numerous sources after careful and voluminous reading.”