But who would not wish to look into the secret causes of so strange a defection; to
discern its spirit, to mark its consequences, and to learn how to avoid its results? With
such themes this volume deals. it tends to foster a living interest in those portions of
God's word most often neglected. It clothes with new meaning the promises and prophecies
of the sacred record, vindicates the ways of God in dealing with rebellion, and shows
forth the wonderful grace of God in devising a way of salvation for sinful man. Thus we
are taken down in the history of this work to a time when the plans and purposes of God
had been clearly unfolded to the chosen people.
