"The following chapters, first issued in the Christian Friend and Instructor, have been carefully revised; an Introduction has been written, and a few notes added where any additional light has been received through subsequent consideration and study of the Scriptures. They are now commended to the Lord, from whom alone came the ability to write them, for His blessing, and to the careful attention of the reader. May He who closes the canon of inspiration with the announcement, 'Surely I come quickly,' produce in the hearts of both reader and writer the response, 'Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.'"
—From the Introduction
