Excerpt from Testimony of Nineteen Centuries to Jesus of Nazareth: An Unrivalled and Unique Collection of Rare and Remarkable Tributes From Many Countries and Centuries Never before has there been among all classes of people such an interest in the life, character, words, and influence of Jesus Christ, as now. Men everywhere are coming more and more to recognize the important fact, that christ is Christianity, and that his character is its central evidence. To emphasize and illustrate these great cardinal truths, and to meet and increase the public interest in them, to the end that the Master and his religion, as he taught it to men, may be more loved, honored, and revered, have been the objects aimed at in the preparation of this volume. In the prosecution of this aim, I have endeavored to include as little extraneous and irrelevant matter as pos sible, and to avoid, as far as was practicable, the discussion of controverted questions in theology. I begin, as I thought it most suitable to do, with some of the more remarkable passages from the Gospels, in which Jesus bears witness to himself and to the character and object of his mission. These testimonies of Jesus form an essential part of the Gospel record, and give us, in the light of his perfect self-consciousness, the most authoritative statements con cerning himself and his religion that we possess. Taken with their contexts, they form the basis of all Christian literature, and are incomparably the most precious words ever spoken to men. 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.