Excerpt from Memoir of Jacob Creath, Jr. T the epoch of Messiah's advent, the Romans, governed despotically by one man, ruled a large portion of our world. Protected by their eagle, the heralds of salvation safely visited nations which would otherwise have been inaccessible to Christian influence. The culti-r vation, too, which, as in the case of a great modern nation, to some extent, ever followed in the wake of their arms, usually wielded in an unrighteous cause, was, upon the whole, favorable to the pro gress of Truth, which, the more thoroughly it is scrutinized and understood, the more highly will it ever be appreciated. 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.