Excerpt from The Dispensations Prophetically and Doctrinally Considered: Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at Montreal The study of Prophecy has been so much animadverted against, that a few words in its defence may not appear out of place. We are not aware how much our daily pursuits and expectations are influenced by prophecy. On what do we rely for a continuance of the seasons? Some may say hastily, The order of Nature. But no The true cer tainty of the return of summer and winter, seed-time and harvest, is the promise made to Noah, Genesis lxxxvi. 22 While the earth remameth, seed-time and harvest, summer and winter, shall not fail, - a prophecy adapted to reassure the minds of this remnant of the human race, emerging from the fearful judgment of the Deluge. Why do we know that it is in vain to expect the spontaneous fruits of the earth? You answer, By experience. The true answer is by prophecy for God has said (gen. Iii. 17 Cursed is the grouud for thy sake, in sor row shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. I the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto th ground, for out of it wast thou taken. 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.