Excerpt from Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission, According to Holy Scriptures Both, Ancient and Modern To the student of history this Man among men stands first, foremost, and alone, as a directing personality in the world's progression. (mankind has never produced a leader to rank with Him. Regarded solely as a historic personage He is unique. Uudged by the standard of human estimation, Jesus of Nazareth is supreme among men by reason of the excellence of His personal character, the simplicity, beauty, and genuine worth of His precepts, and the influence of His example and doctrines in the advancement of the race. To these distinguishing characteristics of surpassing greatness the devout Christian soul adds an attribute that far exceeds the sum of all the others - the divinity of Christ's origin and the eternal reality of His status as Lord and God. 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.