Excerpt from Pearls From the East: Stories and Incidents From Bible History When Jesus, our blessed Saviour, was on earth, he compared himself to a pearl, the pearl of great price (matt. Xiii. And every part of Bible truth, that tells of Jesus, may well be considered as a Spiritual pearl. The portions of Scripture contained in this book refer to his great salvation. And so we may well speak of it as containing pearls from the east. And if our young friends who read this book shallvleam from If anything about Jesus, and shall be helped in trying to love and serve him, this will show that the name given to it is a good one. May God bless all who read this book, and help them to find Jesus, the pearl of great price! 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.