of paramount importance to every devout Christian. In this work,
the varied stores of information which have been accumulating for
ages, relating to the civil and ecclesiastical history of ancient
empires, and the interesting and valuable researches of modern
travellers, particularly those relating to Egypt, are examined,
and the results placed before the reader.
In duly estimating the importance of critical and philological
research, and in clearing away some of the obscurities of the
Scriptures, the Editor considers the Bible, in its structure,
spirit, and character, to be essentially an Eastern book. The
natural phenomena, and moral condition of the East, should
therefore be made largely tributary to its elucidation. For this
important purpose, the Editor draws largely from those rich and
abundant stores unfolded by the spirit of modern enterprise.
The Editor most anxiously avoids that spirit of error which
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conceptions, denying or explaining away the miracles, and seeking
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divine things in general. Such views and principles, usually
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except when difficulties occur which require to be cleared up;
and the topographical descriptions of remarkable places of
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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within
the text and consultation of external sources.
Some hyphens in words have been silently removed, some added,
when a predominant preference was found in the original book.
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Publisher Catalog:
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Page C14: ‘of the recreatious’ replaced by ‘of the recreations’.
Page C15: ‘he importance of’ replaced by ‘the importance of’.