Excerpt from Great Characters of the Old TestamentTo give you the bidding to learn the Old Testa ment is indeed to bid you to a great and glorious feast, and you will need your life for its complete enjoyment. There need be no discouragement in that. It is your privilege to learn as much as you may, and as you may, but you must make a begin ning, else shall you never Obtain what you might and should. TO help you begin, to conduct you gaily, happily, cheerily, a little way upon your journey, I have written this little book. I give it into your hands, and ask you to receive it, study it, make it your own. It is intended to make you sufficiently acquainted with Abraham, Moses, David and Isaiah, that they may seem familiar friends when their names appear in the New Testament.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

forgottenbooks.comThis 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.