Excerpt from On the Necessity of a Knowledge of the Original Languages of the ScripturesAs to the kinds of knowledge which a minister should rultivate, they ought undoubtedly to be principally pro fessional, and in this class are included subjects of suffi cient compass and importance, to occupy the most de voted attention and comprehensive talents. But among professional subjects, there is ground of preference. Some are intrinsically more important than others, and some become especially important on account of the pe. Culiar character of the age, or state of the church. On the ground of intrinsic value, and peculiar adaptation to the circumstances of the candidates for the Ministry of the present day, there is no department of knowledge which more imperiously demands their attention, than the original languages 01? The sacred scriptures.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.