IT is with peculiar pleasure that I write this foreword to a most valuable book of Biblical Archeology which represents the careful study of many years. In the whole realm of my acquaintance I know of no one who is better informed as to the precise facts of recent archaeology than my friend, Mr. Urquhart. Moreover, he has enjoyed the privilege of a unique training and education in this particular department of knowledge, as his father was a world-renowned authority in such matters to a previous generation.
In my recent visit to Australia for lecture purposes, I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Urquhart and examining his manuscript. I believe that his compilation of archeological data, confirming the historical accuracy of the Bible, ought to prove a mine of great value to all Bible expositors and Sunday School teachers—especially those who have not direct access to the various original sources of information which Mr. Urquhart has so carefully explored.
In these days when the stones are crying out to vindicate the historical accuracy of the Bibles especially at those points which used to be thought most vulnerable, it behooves all lovers of the Word to be earnest and active in endeavoring to disseminate the facts among the people, and so prepare for that true religious revival which proceeds from renewed application to the reading and meditation upon Holy Scripture as the Word of God which liveth and abideth forever.
D. E. HART-DAVIES.
ST. THOMAS’S CHURCH, EDINBURGH.