Augustus, and Gamaliel and Philo—were alike engaged unconsciously, but with momentous influence, in preparing the “way of the Lord.” The letters of Hebrew and Greek and Latin inscribed above the cross were the prophetic testimony of the world’s three noblest languages to the undying claims of Him who suffered to unite all nations into the one great family of God. Beginning then with the Gospels, let us see what are the first facts which demand our attention. i. We see four separate books containing