specially need in the perils of the last days. God is willing to give
            
            
              His Spirit to those who ask Him, to those who call upon Him in
            
            
              truth. We believe that the writer has received the illumination of
            
            
              the Holy Spirit in preparing these pages,—in laying before us the
            
            
              nature of the great controversy between Christ and Satan, that we
            
            
              may be warned against the snares of the enemy, and prepared for an
            
            
              inheritance with the saints in light.
            
            
              While many subjects here presented are of wondrous depth,—
            
            
              relating to “the deep things of God,”—they are presented in language
            
            
              easy to be understood. And we are happy in knowing that the reading
            
            
              of these works leads to greater love for the Holy Scriptures, and
            
            
              to reverence for the God of grace, in whom are all the treasures of
            
            
              wisdom and knowledge.
            
            
              That this volume may prove a blessing to all who read it, and
            
            
              redound to the glory of the most high, is the earnest prayer of the
            
            
              Publishers.
            
            
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