Chapter I: Front Matter

MEN OF THE BIBLE; SOME LESSER-KNOWN CHARACTERS

by

GEORGE MILLIGAN, D.D.
J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.
ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.
PRINCIPAL WALTER F. ADENEY, D.D.
J. MORGAN GIBBON.
H. ELVET LEWIS.
PRINCIPAL D. ROWLANDS, B.A.
W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D.

1904

CONTENTS

1. ENOCH
By W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D.

2. ELDAD AND MEDAD
By ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.

3. BARZILLAI
By GEORGE MILLIGAN, D.D.

4. ADONIJAH
By ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.

5. HIRAM
By W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D.

6. JEROBOAM
By ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.

7. ASA
By ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.

8. AHAZIAH
By J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.

9. GEHAZI
By J. MORGAN GIBBON

10. HAZAEL
By J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.

11. MANASSEH
By J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.

12. AMAZIAH
By J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.

13. JABEZ
By J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.

14. SIMEON
By H. ELVET LEWIS

15. PONTIUS PILATE
By Principal WALTER F. ADENEY, D.D.

16. BARABBAS
By J. G. GREENHOUGH, M.A.

17. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA
By ALFRED ROWLAND, D.D., LL.B.

18. PHILIP, THE EVANGELIST
By GEORGE MILLIGAN, D.D.

19. ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA
By GEORGE MILLIGAN, D.D.

20. DEMAS
By Principal D. ROWLANDS, B.A.

ENOCH, THE DEATHLESS

BY REV. W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D.

Enoch was the bright particular star of the patriarchal epoch. His record is short, but eloquent. It is crowded into a few words, but every word, when placed under examination, expands indefinitely. Every virtue may be read into them; every eulogium possible to a human character shines from them. He was a devout man, a fearless preacher of righteousness, an intimate friend of God, and the only man of his dispensation who did not see death. He sheds a lustre on the antediluvian age, and he shines still as an example to all generations of steady and lofty piety.

It is difficult to realise the exact environment of the early patriarchs. Human society was then in its making. There were giants in those days, both physically and intellectually. They lived long, and unfolded a vigorous manhood, by which civilisation was developed in every direction. Some of them, also, were tenderly responsive to supernatural influences, and thus rose to a spiritual stature which enables them to bulk largely in sacred history.

The guiding lines of Enoch's biography are clear though few. "_He walked with God_"; "_he pleased God_"; "_he was translated that he should not see death_." These are the pregnant remnants of his history, from which we may construct a character and career of striking eminence.