Excerpt from A Cloud of Witnesses: The Greatest Men in the Worlds for Christ and the Book; An Exhaustive and Unprecedented Consensus of Biographic and Autographic Opinions Respecting the Author of Christianity and the Bible From Over One Thousand Illustrious Personages Outside the Clerical To Father first, because he, with my sainted Moth tion in my youthful heart through prayers, tears, precepts, and sacrifices. To Wife next, because her wise counsel, cheering word, helpful presence have been my daily inspiration during anxious years of a laborious professional career. 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.