Wood, John T.: Modern discoveries on the site of ancient Ephesus (London, 1890)

EDITOR S PREFACE. 7

the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins. He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.'
It was here that the profound fourth Gospel was written
by the disciple who at the Last Supper leaned on the
bosom of his Lord, and it was to this church that the
same apostle addressed, under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit, through the person of its chief minister, the warn-
ing and the promise, needed alike by all churches and
all ages, ' Repent, and do the first works ;' ' To him that
overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which
is in the midst of the paradise of God.'

While possibly not strictly belonging to the plan of
the book, it has been thought well to include the inci-
dents related in Chapter vii. They give very interesting
pictures of the conditions of modern life in Asia Minor,
and they also enable the reader to understand the ex-
penses and risks incurred in recovering these ancient
sites.

For all the illustrations but one, the frontispiece, the
editor is indebted to Messrs. Longmans and Co.