Excerpt from The Earlier Years of Our Lord's Life on Earth IN the sixth month - half a year from the time When, Within the holy place at Jerusalem, he had stood on the right Side of the altar of incense, and announced to the incredulous Zacharias the birth of the Baptist - the angel Gabriel was sent to an obscure Galilean Village to announce a still greater birth, - that of the Divine Redeemer of mankind. AS we open, then, the first page in the history of our Lord's earthly life, we come at once into contact with the supernatural. The Spirit-world unfolds itself; some of its highest inhabitants become palpable to sense, and are seen to take part in human affairs. In the Old patriarchal and prophetic ages angels frequently. 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.