Excerpt from The Open Court, Vol. 21: A Monthly Magazine; August, 1907 St. John the Baptist, when announcing Jesus, calls himself the friend of the bridegroom, but he is not the Christ. John declares he that hath the bride is the bridegroom (john iii. Implying therewith that Jesus and not he himself is the Messiah, and Christ does not request his disciples to fast, as stated by Mark3 (ii. 19) 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.