Excerpt from Christ in the Centuries, and Other Sermons Preached in Free St. George's Church, Edinburgh, Sunday evening, December 20, 1891. "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ." - John i. 17. These words state a fact which the history of man has verified. Judaism was a witness to the law which came by Moses; the Christian Church and the pious souls of all the Christian centuries are witnesses to the grace and truth which have come by Jesus Christ. But these words have been read not that they may be explained, but that they may help us the better to discuss how the century in which He came and the century in which we live at once agree and differ in their apprehension of Him. The life of Christ is one thing, and His history is another. While the life was lived in Judaea, the history is as long and as extended as Christendom. The life He lived in Judaea is written in the Gospels. The life He has lived in the world is represented by the history of civilized man. And before He can be known these two must be combined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."