The principal object of the author in issuing this little volume is, to encourage interest in Bible reading. However well educated people may be, as far as secular knowledge is concerned, they cannot afford to neglect the reading and studying of the Bible, without incurring the risk of being considered wofully ignorant.<br><br>Besides, the Bible comes to us as individuals and demands our individual attention and acquiescence, without making anyone responsible for our negligence or misguidance. It, thus becomes a common sense matter, with all reasonable people, to read the word of God for themselves, as it only approaches them on the terms of personal responsibility, and there is no way of shirking the consequences that neglect entails. And not only so, but to read it with such solid interest, as never to rest satisfied until its letter and spirit have made their true and lasting impressions on the fabric of the soul.