Excerpt from The Spirit of Christ's Sermon on the Mount The great congregation assembled on this plain had come from different parts (if Syria, Judea, Galilee and other sections to see'and hear this remarkable man, whose fame had gone abroad on account of His baptism by John the Baptist but a few weeks previous, after which He went about preaching the Gos pel, healing the 'sick and performing wonder ful miracles. Many of those assembled had known Him as a resident of the small hilly town of Nazareth, where: He had Worked at the humble trade of a carpenter. They knew Him as a young man of perfect form and feat ures, leading an upright and clean life, en dowed with a wonderful amount of wisdom, and from His youth had an intimate know ledge of the Scriptures, and at all times serv ing God in spirit and in truth. 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.