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JESUS AND .HIS BIOGRAPHERS:
OR, THE REMARKS ON THE FOUR GOSPELS.
. REVISED, WITH COPIOUS ADDITIONS.
BY WILLIAM H. FURNESS.
In One Volume.
“ A great deal is said about the beauty of the Scriptures, without reference to
any int principles of taste.” i
is well printed handsome octavo volume differs considerably from the former
publication of the “ Remarks of the Four Gospels,” by the searching revision of the
former discussion, the omission of two chapters of that work, and the addition of
eight chapters, not before given; by which the present becomes a new work, rather
than a new edition of the former.
In the modest yet elegant preface to this work, the author says—* The reader
will look in vain in these pages, for an exposition of the peculiar opinions of any
denomination of Christians. ‘The work makes pretensions to no such character.
It is simply an attempt to state the convictions of an individual mind upon a subject
of the greatest interest; to give expression to a deep sense of the vital truth of the
divinest chapter in the history of the world; to bring home to other minds the
reality of that momentous period, when a full revelation was made by the Father of
pene, and this earth was lentes by the presence of a special messenger from
eaven."
To all who are acquainted with the clearness, beauty and accuracy of style, the
87 7 age research, the logical strictness of argument and the profound truthfulness
of Mr. Furness as a writer and especially as an expositor of the Scriptures, nothing
need be said to induce them to read with interest and attention this work on the
Four Gospels. But we would say to all who are seeking for moral truth, for the
light of pure Christianity—thirsting for a real, personal knowledge of the Lord
Jesus Christ—and for a higher, truer estimation of those matchless Records, His
Gospels—turn ye to this book—peruse this most remarkable exposition—the work
desire after the truth that animates his pages, and ye will not find your labour
vain.— Boston Evening Gazette.
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PRECAUTION,
A NOVEL.
BY THE AUTHOR OF “THE SPY,” “ PIONEERS,” &c. &c.
‘* Be wise to-day; "tis madness to defer—
To-morrow s caution may arrive too late.”
A new edition, revised by the Author.—In Two Volumes, 12mo.