Excerpt from The Master and His Servant: Comparative Outline Sketches of the Redeemer of Mankind, and the Emancipator of a Race; With Relative Antecedent and Subsequent Events and Persons Compared; Showing the Most Wonderful and Pleasing Similitudes Ever Recorded in the History of Mankind A religious writer of note says: Down deep in our nature there exists a tendency to seek among all inter esting objects points of resemblance. This tendency to metaphor, and the universal delight in parables, com parisons, and figures of speech, are no mere freaks of man's fancy. They have their formation in the mind and method of Deity. Referring to Christ, the late Joseph Parker, of Lon don, said All things to him were suggestive, significant, symbolic. Christ did not think it sacrilegious to com pare spiritual with natural things. At one time he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God, and with what comparison shall we compare it He then compared it to the marriage of a king's son. If Christ made such comparisons should it be thought a thing in credible if comparisons be made between the Head of the kingdom of heaven and the Chief Magistrate of a great nation at the most interesting and critical time of its existence? Parker also said: The power of com parison is to be cherished and developed. Compare your Savior to all things beautiful, noble, and grand. Among Old Testament characters there are many striking types of Christ, whose lives, from this stand point, are a most interesting study. Joseph, Moses, David, and Jonah are good illustrations. In choosing a modern character whose life has points of similitude to that of Christ, the world is challenged to furnish a better one than that of Abraham Lincoln. 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.