The contents of this volume, with the exception of the dissertation on THE THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS, were first published in the Critical Department of the CHRISTIAN STANDARD. They are republished in more permanent form at the request of many readers, and with the hope that they will thus have a more extended circulation. If they shall cause any to more highly appreciate the inimitable story of Jonah, and to have a firmer faith in the utterances of Jesus, they will serve the purpose for which both publications have been made.