In Two Volumes VOLUME I CHIEFLY HISTORICAL BY AUGUSTUS HOPKINS STRONG, D. D., LL. D PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY IN THE ROCHESTER 1221 Strong Copyright 1912 by Published May, 1912 ANDOVER-HARVARD MAY 21 1912 HARVARD H41,005 PREFACE AT the close of my forty years of teaching in the Rochester Theological Seminary I print the following addresses, sermons, and essays, with the hope that they may be found of sufficient value to justify my putting them into this permanent form. Many of the occasions on which they have been delivered may be fairly called historical; some of the essays are more properly theological; the first of these volumes represents in general the former, while the second represents the latter class of material. Yet they one and all express the convictions with regard to fundamental truth which have been growing and deepening in my mind during my long period of service as an instructor of students. for the ministry. The one system of doctrine, which I regard as not only scriptural, but rational, gives unity and color to both volumes, and the variety of circumstances under which the several papers have been produced has permitted repetition of ideas and illustrations which would have been avoided in a more elaborate treatise. I am inclined to think that our Lord uttered more than once the same maxims and parables, and I would hide behind his example. At any rate, I commend these hitherto scattered productions to his keeping, and would add to them the motto of our seminary, "Christo Deo Salvatori." ROCHESTER, April 1, 1912. AUGUSTUS H. STRONG. |