This book is made of carefully chosen selections from the writings and public addresses of Dr. C. I. Scofield.

The principle of selection has been to take from those writings only expositions and interpretations of Scripture upon subjects of vital import to Christian faith and life.

In an age so intense and exacting as ours, there is scant time for the reading which nurtures the spiritual life, and it is hoped that the brevity and clearness with which these great themes are treated may bring them home helpfully even to the life most filled and engrossed.

E. R.

Harrisburg,

October the first,

1913.