p. 16 | ABOUT EMPIRES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 15, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 11.

ABOUT EMPIRES.

By Editor

You have often, in reading the Bible, wondered about the names of ancient kings and kingdoms mentioned there. You have often read the prophecies and again wondered what kingdoms or dynasties were under review in the prophetic vision. You may have read history to see if you could not get the clue that would guide you to the key that would throw open the storehouse of this knowledge.

But the chambers of this knowledge must be approached from the side of the Bible itself. The Bible must furnish the light that guides you into the field of history that will reveal to you the truth you desire to know. And the only one who can assist you in your research is one who has studied the Bible closely, in order to know, when he meets it, the history of those nations and kings mentioned in the Bible.

We have sought for many helps in this most interesting and profitable field of study, but none that we have seen are equal to two books recently published from the pen of Prof. A. T. Jones. One of these books is called "The Empires of the Bible," and every empire that the Bible mentions, from the confusion of tongues to the Babylonian captivity, is carefully traced out in history, and a series of maps enable the reader to know the boundaries of these nations, and to follow them with accuracy. The other book is entitled "The Great Empires of Prophecy," and, like its companion volume, it starts with the prophecies of nations that should arise, and follows them through the histories that describe what the Word of God revealed beforehand.

If you want a concise, terse, and interesting history that shows you at once what and where the empires of the Bible and its prophecies are, these are just the books you are looking for. And if you want to read exhaustively upon the subject, these are still the books you want, for they will refer you to about one hundred of the best standard authors, whose writings you can read as fully as you may have the time or desire. Taken together, they are two of the most fascinating yet helpful works that we have seen. And the books are entirely unique in their field, for no other author has conceived the idea of setting forth these facts of Biblical history in such a simple, attractive, readable, and yet masterly manner.

Both volumes are in neat cloth bindings. "Empires of the Bible" sells for $1.50, and "The Great Empires of Prophecy" sells for $2.00. They are handled by the Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.