Excerpt from The Biblical Illustrator, Vol. 2: Or Anecdotes, Similes, Emblems, Illustrations, Expository, Scientific, Geographical, Historical, and Homiletic, Gathered From a Wide Range of Home and Foreign Literature, on the Verses of the Bible; Isaiah Ver. 2. Yet He also is wise - God works in history: - You have been clever and successful, but have you for otten that God also is wise, that He too has His policy, and acts reasons ly and consistently 2 You think you have been making history; but God also works in history, and surely, to put it on the lowest ground, with as much cleverness and persistence as you do. (prof. G. A. Smith, D.D.) Forgetfulness of God - The forgetfulness, against which Isaiah directs this shaft of satire, is the besetting sin Of very religious people, of very successful people, and of very clever people. (ibid.) The religion that ignores God - It is the temptation of an ordinary Christian, church goin people, like ourselves, with a religion so full of marvellous mercies, and so b essed with regular Opportunities of worship, to think Of God only in con nection with these, and practically to ignore that along the far greater stretches of life He has any interest or purpose regarding us. (ibid.) Man no match for God - After Moscow, Napoleon is reported to have exclaimed, The Almighty is too strong for me. (ibid.) 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.