Excerpt from The Wonderful Teacher: And What He Taught How shall this be accounted for? What was the secret of his popularity with the masses; a popularity so great that it provoked an envious hostility among all contemporary religious leaders? And what is it in his discourses that has called forth the involuntary praise of his enemies through the ages? He was a mere peasant, with no patronage or influential follow ing; his gown and surplice, a homespun coat; his pul pit the hillside or a boat moored by the margin of the lake; his auditorium the blue canopy of the over arching skies; his audience the procession of the ages. See him yonder at the street corner; the multitude gathered about him with faces upturned in eager attention; they hang upon his lips; they throng his steps wherever he goes. 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.