Author : L. F. Johnson
Release : 2018-02-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
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Download or read book Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials, Vol. 3 written by L. F. Johnson. This book was released on 2018-02-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials, Vol. 3: A Collection of Important and Interesting Tragedies and Criminal Trials Which Have Taken Place in Kentucky For nearly two thousand years this event has been the subject of constant discussion; the suffering in Gethsemane, the perspiration of blood, the nails through His hands and feet, the riven side, the crown of thorns and the death on the cross, have awakened the sympathies of men and have brought the world to realize the infinite compassion of a God. Christian people in every country delight to tell, in story and song, the details of this the greatest of all tragedies. The government of the Hebrew people was a theocracy, it was the only pure type of that form of government known to men. God walked and talked with men. The Old Tes tament is a history of this government: it gives an account of many tragic events: God's dealing with man and man's rebellion against God and man's wicked and cruel dealings with his fellowmen are its constant theme. The history of no other people is so fraught with human interest, because the history of no other people has given to the world the motives and impulses and sins of men. Some of the strongest characters in the Old Testament committed great sins. Moses, the great law-giver and leader, was the meekest of men; he was the adopted son of a princess; he was unknown to himself and his people until he arose in his wrath and slew the Egyptian; after that he was God's agent in bringing the plagues upon Egypt, and he walked and communed with God and he became God's instrument in the deliverance of his people, and the Lord gave to him two tables of stone upon which were written, with the finger of God, the ten command ments, and in a fit of anger he threw these priceless tables down and broke thein. 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.