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BIBLE CHARACTERS
The Expulsion From The Garden.
From the Painting by Gustave Dore
BIBLE CHARACTERS
DESCRIBED AND ANALYZED IN THE SERMONS AND
WRITINGS OF THE
FOLLOWING FAMOUS AUTHORS:
Dwight Lyman Moody.
T. De Witt Talmage.
Joseph Parker.
SUPPLEMENTED BY THE GREATEST POEMS IN PRINT.
CHICAGO:
THOS. W. JACKSON PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1902, by the
RHODES & McCLURE PUBLISHING COMPANY
in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
All Rights Reserved.
INTRODUCTION.
BY THE REV. C. B. GILLETTE, PH. D.
It frequently occurs to the devout Bible student andto the earnest Christian that, if he could have had the personalacquaintance of Jesus, and other Bible characters, itwould have helped materially in the cultivation of a religiousand spiritual life. One feels that, if he could have been aJames, or a John, a Martha, or a Mary; if he could havestood by Jesus himself, and listened to the words fallingfrom His lips: observed his life, become acquainted withhis thought, and felt that silent, subtle influence emanatingfrom his personality; such would have been potential factors,aiding one onward and upward in the divine pathway.
So also, but in lesser degree, one regrets the impossibilityof personal contact with Elijah, Isaiah, John, Paul, et al. Buttime has drawn the veil, and we cannot lift it. We mustlook at them through the varying atmosphere of many generations,and the best we can do is to avail ourselves of thebest aids possible, and through them draw as near as possibleto these great and good characters, so closely linked withour religious belief and our faith in the Infinite and Eternal.
One of Brooklyn’s greatest divines once said, that hehad never visited Palestine personally, but by study he hadbecome so thoroughly acquainted with that country, that,[13]should he be left at any point in Palestine at midnight, hewould be able to tell in the morning, from the surroundingtopography, where he was.
So the editor of this volume has sought the scholars whohave been recognized by the world as the leading religiousteachers of their age, and culled from their utterances choiceselections, respecting Jesus and the “Holy men of old, whospake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.”
Dr. Talmage, who, perhaps, more than any other livingpreacher, has commanded the public ear.
Joseph Parker, who, from his immense intellectualstore-house, well filled, has brought out such wonderfulthoughts, respecting the Bible Characters.
Dwight L. Moody...