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The Book of Life Volume 5 Bible Profits Statesmen
The Book of Life Volume 5 Bible Profits Statesmen Author:Newton M. Hall et al. The greatest literature of the world, the loftiest, the most sublime, is found in the sermons, messages, and poems of the great Hebrew prophets and statesmen. It is a portion of the Bible which has been greatly neglected except by keensighted, discerning men-leaders of the people, like Lincoln and Therodore Roosevelt in the North, Lee and Jackso... more »n in the South, Gladstone and John Bright in England. No man of exceptional power of the English-speaking reace in any field of life has been without a knowledge of the great prophets fo Isreal. No part of the Bible is more rewarding, no part is more likely to furnish material for great ethical and spiritual awakening. The mightiest souls of the ages are speaking here the messages of God through his chosen and inspired servants. And yet there seems to be a barrier of difficulty for the modern reader. Every effort has been made in this volume to break this barrier down, to restore the background, to furnish by the introduction of explanatory matter, pictures, and notes the aid which will make the Biblical material live again in its old power and beauty.« less