"How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."-Acтs x. 38. THE волосло SAVIOUR IN THE NEWER LIGHT A PRESENT-DAY STUDY OF JESUS CHRIST BY ALEXANDER ROBINSON, B.D. MINISTER OF THE PARISH OF KILMUN, ARGYLESHIRE WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCXCV All Rights reserved 11-25-38 J. A 11-17-38 PREFACE. THE diffidence which naturally I feel in addressing the public in regard to a subject so great, must yield to my desire to see generally known certain facts of supreme importance. And I trust that highly educated persons who may find many defects in this little book will not make the defects a reason for discrediting those very important facts which I am trying, to the best of my ability, to make known. I am addressing, however, not only highly educated persons, but also intelligent persons who may not have subjected themselves to instruction regarding the subject of my book; and I believe that many such may at first give it anything but approval, not on account of its defects but from other considerations. I do indeed value the approval and the sympathy of this class of people. And I ask them kindly not to assume a hostile attitude until they have carefully read at least the preface. The origin of this book was in a much more limited work to which I applied myself some years ago. It was in the work of trying to find some real history in the Fourth Gospel. I could not but recognise that, for the studious and reflective, α |