A LAYMAN'S LIFE OF JESUS
A LAYMAN'S LIFE
OF JESUS
BY
MAJOR S. H. M. BYERS
OF GENERAL SHERMAN'S STAFF
Author of "With Fire and Sword," "Sherman's
March to the Sea," "Iowa in War Times,"
"Twenty Years in Europe," and
of other books
NEW YORK
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
The Neale Publishing Company
PREFACE
Every book should have a purpose. Theobject of this little volume is to try andharmonize, in a sense, and bring nearer tous, the story of the Master. It is freefrom the fog of creed, and the simple pictureof the Times and the Man may helpto waken new interest, especially with theyoung in the greatest tale of the world.
S. H. M. B.
Des Moines, Sept. 3, 1912.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | 7 |
Palestine two thousand years ago. The Little Land of Galilee. An Oriental Village. The Boy Carpenter. | |
| CHAPTER II | 12 |
A Boy of Babylon. The Founder of Judaism. Philo, the Philosopher. An out-door Man. The Poet-Carpenter. Staying in the Desert. The Silence of History. Where was Jesus in these silent years? | |
| CHAPTER III | 23 |
Christ still a Jew. Is the Child's escape at Bethlehem still a secret? Performing wonders. A strange age. Rome still in the thrall of Heathendom. Augustus dead. Tiberius the Awful. Palestine itself half Heathen. A Religious Enthusiast. Jesus is ceasing to be a Jew. A church tyranny. Subjects of Cæsar. Human suffering counted for nothing with the Romans. The Jews are longing for the New Time when God might come and rule the world in Pity. An age of Superstitions and Magic. Laws of Science unknown. Nobody even knew that the world was round. | |
| CHAPTER IV | 41 |
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