Excerpt from The Ideals of the Prophets: Sermons by the Late S. R. Driver, D.D., Regus Professor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, Together With a Bibliography of His Published Writings One point in particular Dr. Driver frequently discusses in these sermons - the fulfilment of prophecy. He would lead us to take a larger, less mechanical, view of the subject than is still widely held; he would have us see that, in this larger sense, the ideals of the prophets were adopted by Christ, and demand Christian conditions for their full accomplishment. How deep was his conviction of the ultimate goal of prophecy, how un faltering his faith in the great Christian verities, appears in every sermon of this collection. He has shown throughout his ministry that a modern Biblical scholar, one of the foremost champions of the new learning, a master in the science of language and criticism, could at the same time handle the sacred text with the reverence traditional among English people, and with his whole heart remain true to the Christian Faith, and fulfil his service as a loyal son of the Church. Perhaps Dr. Driver's sermons will appeal more to the reader than they did to the listener. Owing to his rapid delivery and a certain indistinctness of utterance it was not always easy to follow him. Moreover, he never held any pastoral charge he lived all his life in college, with the unworldliness and simplicity of a true scholar and it was his lot to preach to an educated audience in a University city. He recognized what he could do and what he could not do; he made no attempt to speak about matters that lay outside his experience. But what he had to give he gave, and always of his best. He took great pains with his sermons, as with everything he did never an exaggerated phrase, nor an ill-considered, shallow judgment is to be found in his work anywhere. Those who wish to understand something of what the pro phets of Israel taught and hoped for will find what they want in these sermons, conveyed in the clear, straight forward style which was characteristic of the preacher. A bibliography of Dr. Driver's publications, compiled by his son Mr. Godfrey R. Driver, scholar of New College, has been added in the belief that it will be found service able to students. It is a fine record of a life's work. As we scan the familiar titles, many of us will realize afresh how much we owe to one whom we have long regarded as master and guide, a debt which we can only h0pe to repay by following his example of industry, of single-minded devotion to the truth, of loyalty to the Christian Faith. 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.