It is at the repeated and earnest request of many, who have considered with me the New Testament value of these Types, that I have now sought in a condensed way, to print the chief lessons taught us in the first dwelling-house of God on the earth.
The construction of a model of the Tabernacle, and the search into Scripture for its intended meaning, have been so full of help to my own soul, that I count on our God and Father to make this sketch an equally real help to any who will read it side by side with the Book itself, looking up for the guidance of His Spirit.
Our Lord Jesus Christ will not withhold this blessing from souls who are truly seeking to know Him.
The glory is, will be, must be, all His own.
E. C. P.
The beloved writer being called away to be "Present with the Lord" while "Foreshadows" was still in the press, and partly unrevised, his widow sends it out with the earnest desire that the Master's blessing and approval may follow these last words from His servant's pen.
M. P.
Wealdstone, March 1St, 1895.