By E.L. St. Claire, D.D., Ph.D. (1866-1916) This sermon of Dr. E.L. St. Claire was originally published by Ayden Free Will Baptist Printing Company. The date of  publication is unknown. Download PDF Version Also read The Twin Boys, another famous sermon from St. Claire. Author’s Note: This little sermon is not sent forth to create strife, or prejudice, but to impart information. Neither does the author claim for it any literary merit. The sermon is a plain, simple, concise statement of the “Truth” as the Free will Baptists understand the “Plan of Salvation.” E.L. St. ClaireGlennville, Georgia Historical The Free Will Baptists are not a “split off” from some other Baptist church as many believe. This question is often asked the writer: “When did your church split off the Missionary Baptist church?” or “When did you all slab off the Hardshells?” To this frequently asked question, I reply: “The Free Will Baptists are not a ‘slab off.’” Most any well-informed person, on church history, knows that we were first called “Free Wills” in 1780, in the town of new Durham, N.H. Benjamin Randall was the first preacher to bear that name, because Benjamin Randall preached “freedom of the will,” or … Continue reading What Free Will Baptists Believe and Why