Excerpt from Paracletos: Or the Baptism of the Holy Ghost It is said that jall works of fiction are founded upon facts. We believe this is true, especially of those which possess real merit. Their most valuable thoughts, cluster around experiences and observations of the writers - which produced profound impressions, and prompted the production of their books. Nor is this true of works of fiction alone; more than half the books in our libraries had a similar ori gin. Could we but know the Genesis, and follow step by'step to the final Revelation, how much additional interest it would add to the reading and to the profit of the book Possibly, the reader of the following pages will ask for the motive which has induced the writer in his advanced age to weary himself with the writing of a book on this topic, with its attendant ex pense, criticism and care. It may be as well here as elsewhere in the book to give the reasons. 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.