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The Biblical Reason Why. A Hand-Book for Biblical Students, and a guide to family Scripture reading. This work gives REASONS founded upon the Bible, and assigned by the most eminent Divines and Christian Philosophers, for the great and all-absorbing events recorded in the History of the Bible, the Life of our Saviour and the Acts of His Apostles.
EXAMPLE.
- Why did the first patriarchs attain such extreme longevity?
- Why was the term of life afterwards shortened?
- Why are there several manifest variations in names, facts and dates, between the books of Kings and Chronicles?
- Why is the book of the Prophecies of Isaiah a strong proof of the authenticity of the whole Bible?
- Why did our Saviour receive the name of Jesus?
- Why did John the Baptist hesitate to administer the rite of Baptism to Jesus?
This volume answers 1,493 similar questions. Beautifully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, gilt side and back
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The Reason Why: General Science. A careful collection of reasons for some thousands of things which, though generally known, are imperfectly understood. A book for the million. This work assigns reasons for the thousands of things that daily fall under the eye of the intelligent observer, and of which he seeks a simple and clear explanation.