The occasion of the writing and the first publication of the essays in this volume, is set forth under the heading "Announcement" (p. 1). These are selected from the volumes of the Standard for the years 1893-1904, for this more permanent form of publication, because they are thought to have some permanent value. Similar essays, in a department in the Standard headed "Biblical Criticism," have continued to appear until the present time (September, 1909), and a second volume may be selected from them, should the present volume meet with such favor as to justify the publication of another.

THE AUTHOR.      

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