Excerpt from The Signs of the Times Each of these articles was, originally, preached as a sermon in the First Baptist Church. They have been somewhat changed. The language in which they appear was used in preaching them, but the sermon form, as far as possible, has been set aside. The propositional distinction, the homiletical and constructive necessities, have been in great measure, kept out of sight. In many cases the narrative method, the descriptions and illustrations, legitimate enough for the living voice, and suited to a listening audience, have been omitted. This is notably so in the Parliament of Nations, which, when delivered as a sermon, was embellished with full reference to history as corroborative evidence of the truthfulness of prophecy, together with descriptions of cities, events and persons, and fuller analysis of present day movements. It seemed proper, however, to omit all this in send ing the discourses out in book form. 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.