Excerpt from The Expositor, Vol. 1: January, 1906 ON the completion of twenty-one years' occupancy of the editorial chair of the expositor, I may be allowed to write a few words of preface to the new series. I do not intend to survey the history of the periodical in detail, nor, tempting as the subject is, Shall I essay any close record of the changes in religious thought during these years. I shall only indicate as briefly as possible the intention with which the expositor has been carried on, and will be conducted in the future. Much might be said of the long and splendid list of contributors. Among them are in cluded many of the most prominent scholars Of this country, of the United States, and of the Continent. Among the dead I remember many With special affection and gratitude among them Lightfoot, Westcott, Godet, A. B. Davidson, Milligan and Henry Drummond. Not a few of the most im portant books of the period have been reprinted in whole or in part from the expositor, including works by Professor W. M. Ramsay, Professor George Adam Smith, and many more. The investigations first appearing in the expositor are referred to in every standard commentary and diction ary, while the-volumes have their place in theological libraries all over the world. 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.