In 1910 the. first of the twelve volumes of The Fundamentals was published by the Testimony Publishing Company in Chicago. Subtitled "A Testimony to the Truth," the book was presented "compliments of two Christian laymen," its title page proclaimed. With Amzi Dixon as editor in chief and the financial backing of oil magnate Lyman Stewart and his brother, Milton, the-new publication had both a sweeping goal and the money required to meet that goal. The Stewart brothers expressed the aims of the series in their foreword to the first volume:

This book is the first of a series which will be published and sent to every pastor, evangelist, missionary, theological professor, theological student, Sunday school superintendent, Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. secretary in the English speaking world, so far as the addresses of all these can be obtained.

Two intelligent, consecrated...