Lectures Introductory to the Bible

The lectures which follow were delivered in

London, during the month of May, 1870, and corrected from notes taken in

shorthand, with additions.

It may be painful to some that so much

notice is taken of skeptical assaults on the Pentateuch. My object, however, is

not only to promote the direct edification of the Christians who are quite

unaffected by such puny efforts of unbelief, but to furnish helpful hints to

those who feel either need of a candid answer to captious objections, or a wish

to aid the feeble entangled by such snares of the enemy. These remarks, chiefly

in the form of footnotes, unless I err greatly, will not be unwelcome to many

souls; for to my mind the defense made by those friendly to revelation is in

general almost as feeble, and in many cases quite as painful, as the attacks of

its foes.

May He whose grace is rich to all that call

upon Him bless every reader, as He bears with my shortcomings, though earnestly

desiring to magnify Himself and His word!