John the Baptist

John the Baptist – The Last of the Prophets

Today’s free book is a study of the the life, teaching and character of John the Baptist – “The Last of the Prophets”. This volume is part of the Handbooks For Bible Classes and Private Students series.

My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

James Feather [1855-1940], The Last of the Prophets. A Study of the Life, Teaching, and Character of John the Baptist. Handbooks For Bible Classes and Private Students. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1894. Hbk. pp.157. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  1. Home Life
  2. “In the Deserts”
  3. “The Thought that Breathes”
  4. “The Word that Burns”
  5. “The Wrath to Come”
  6. “What Then Must We Do?”
  7. “The Baptism of John”
  8. “Commest Thou to Me?”
  9. “I Saw and Bare Record”
  10. On the Steep Slope
  11. Over the Precipice
  12. Jesus; and Nemesis
  13. St. Luke I. 5—II. 52
  14. “Son of God”

Main image: The Preaching of St. John the Baptist by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1566. Source: Wikipedia.

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