02.04 Introduction

INTRODUCTION To Fiftieth Anniversary Edition The author, Ashley S. Johnson, said that this book was born under peculiar circumstances. It was further his judgment that this book was the best one he had ever put in print and he was a prolific writer, this being his twelfth book. Time has proven the wisdom of his choice of subjects and leads us to believe that providence guided his selection at that time.

We say this because in this year of1949, fifty years after the original writing of the book the subject discussed is a live one about which more questions are asked that any other. We are therefore glad to give this worthy book a further circulation among those who earnestly seek the will of the Lord today. The author was especially well prepared to deal with this subject as he was with most religious subjects. He was president of the College of the Evangelists at Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee and thus was constantly in work that called for detailed knowledge on all Bible subjects. Further he had held a debate upon this subject twenty years before the issuance of this book and for the intervening years had continued to study the subject.

Therefore we give this book to the public of this generation with the assurance that it is a worthwhile work upon a living topic and commend it to all for the closest of study.