Excerpt from Copy of a Manuscript, Supposed to Be Written by Saint John: Found in the Island of Patmos, by an Aged Christian, Banished From His Native Country; Translated From the Greek The Reader must not expect to find any new scheme of doctrines in the following pages, but old Evangelical truths - directing the eye to that light which is from above, and the heart to that peace which passeth all under standing. If religion is any thing, it is every thing. But two grand distinctions evidently appear to exist, which divide mankind - they who walk humbly with Goal, and they who adopt something like reli gion, but refuse to give Him their heart. 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.