The Life of Jesus the Christ Volume II Author:Henry Ward Beecher This is volume two of a two volume set. Volume two is subtitled: Later Scenes. From the preface of Volume One: "I have undertaken to write a Life of Jesus, the Christ, in the hope of inspiring a deeper interest in the noble Personage of whom those matchless histories, the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are the chief authentic memo... more »rials. I have endeavored to present scenes that occurred two thousand years ago as they would appear to modern eyes if the events had taken place in our day."« less