Excerpt from The Family of Judah: Being a Thorough Examination Into and Complete Refutation of Bishop Colenso's First Objection to the Pentateuch; By a Layman With these views, therefore, though with great difiidence in my own powers, acting by no advice, seeking no profit, anxious only to defend the cause of God and truth, I venture to intrude this short pamphlet on public notice, in which only the first objection in Bishop Colenso's work is combated, with the intention of following it up each fortnight, if it meets with approbation, until the whole is completed. And I have adopted this mode, first, because my daily avocations leave me but little time for writing, especially where much thought and labour are required, as on so important a subject as this and, secondly, because a pamphlet in this form, con taining, as it does, the Bishop's charges in full, with a refuta tion of each of them, is by its price within the reach of every body especially of those who, not being able to afford the pur chase of his work, depend in a great measure upon what they hear and, though in general friendly to the Bible, are led to form Opinions upon the subject, mainly in accordance with the prejudices of those to whom they listen, (which may or may not be inimical to the truth), rather than upon a careful and impartial view of both sides of the question, with the Bible at hand for reference. 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.