WORKS BY G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D. D. The Music of Life The Corinthian Letters of Paul The Triumphs of Faith The Parables and Metaphors of Our Lord The Voice of the Devil The Bible Four Hundred Years after 1538 Mountains and Valleys in the Ministry of Jesus Peter and the Church The Great Physician Preaching The Answers of Jesus to Job Great Chapters of the Bible Hosea: the Heart and Holiness of God Studies of the Four Gospels The Gospel According to Matthew The Gospel According to Mark The Gospel According to John The Acts of the Apostles The Teaching of Christ The Crises of the Christ Living Messages of the Books of the Bible Vol. I, O.T.-Genesis to Malachi Vol. II, N.T.-Matthew to Revelation The Ten Commandments Discipleship of the Books of The Bible BY THE REV. G. CAMPBELL MORGAN, D. D. genesis to malACHI TR Fleming H. Revell Company NEW YORK 313 M8481 1912 V.I W INTRODUCTION ANDOVER ;་,2t་ WARD THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ITH regard to the Scriptures of the Old Testament, Paul wrote, "Whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that through patience and through comfort of the Scriptures we might have hope." He thus clearly revealed the true mission of these sacred writings in our day, as he declared that they "were written for our learning, that we might have hope." Their mission is that of teaching, in order to the inspiration of hope. This view of the value of the Old Testament Scriptures reveals a most important conception of their nature. The apostle did not suggest that the writers of olden times wrote with the men of later ages in their thought. They wrote for their own age, and for the men by whom they were surrounded. Nevertheless the apostle declared that these things were written for us. It is evident, therefore, that he believed that behind the authors there was an Author; that |
