John Monro Gibson
Published: 2015-07-17
Total Pages: 268
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Excerpt from The Ages Before Moses: A Series of Lectures on the Book of Genesis These lectures formed part of a series on the Pentateuch, delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, and in Farwell Hall, Chicago. With the exception of the second, and part of the first, they were spoken extempore, and written out from verbatim reports, which were afterward corrected for the press, without, however, any attempt to secure the merits of style which might be reasonably expected of written composition. But though very little care has been given to the form and style of these lectures, the substance of them is the fruit of repeated study of the Book of Genesis during many years. And inasmuch as the author could not, in the press of other duties, read extensively with a view to the preparation of these particular lectures, but drew largely from materials accumulated before he had the remotest idea of publication, he is unable to acknowledge his obligations to others as frequently as he would have been disposed to do. The plan of the lectures is the result of an attempt to combine the advantages of the expository and the topical methods, and at the same time to secure the benefits of continuous exposition, without wearying and discouraging those who have not time to dwell on details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.