Excerpt from Job, His Old Friends and His New Friend, Also a Study of What the Book of Job Means to All Mankind Old companions, in which there is so much to engage at tention; so much of reasoning, so many comparisons, so many aphorisms and so large an amount Of good advice withal. Absorbed with thoughts Of these and perhaps a little wearied with them, they are inclined to hurry through what is said by the young man Elihu, and are thoughtlessly impressed with the idea that he merely continues the reproving sayings of the Older men. Such readers or students fail perhaps to comprehend this ancient forerunner, who was sent to speak in God's stead (chap. So far as I know, this affirmation Of Elihu is either denied or ignored by practically all sectarians. Those who so deny or ignore, have a right to their Opinions, but the writer can neither agree with them nor admit their value, for from such careful study as is possible for him, comes the belief that the grandest words Of instruction in the book Of Job are found in the words of Elihu and in those which followed from the voice out of the whirlwind. There also comesto him the further belief that the book of Job allegorically illustrates and exemplifies the coming Of the Christ to man and mankind, in all ages; the forever Christ who was be fore Abraham and before the world was. 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.