Excerpt from The Book of Illustrations, or Scripture Truths Exhibited by the Aid of Similes: Original and Selected An illustration is a moral painting on which the imagina tion has been employed; and it has the advantage over the simple annunciation of a truth, that it appeals to both the faculties - the reason and imagination. Like the painting on the canvass, which, while it charms the eye, also interests the mind - or like the incense which flamed on Jewish altar, which arrested the eye with its cloudy pillar, while it regaled the senses with its fragrance. 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.