SynopsisExcerpt from The Life of John William Colenso, D. D, Vol. 2 of 2: Bishop of Aatal Shortly before he left England the Bishop published the Fifth Part of his Examination of the Pentateuch. It was in his belief the most important part of his task so far as he had up to that time been enabled to carry it. Whether his countrymen might acknowledge it or not, he felt that he I had demonstrated the worthlessness of an old superstition, which cramped and withered the religious life of the land. He left his fifth volume, therefore, as a token of farewell at once to his friends and to his adversaries. To the former he had to make acknowledgements for help and support in the struggle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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., Excerpt from The Life of John William Colenso, D. D, Vol. 2 of 2: Bishop of Aatal The first sign of friendliness was] the dressing of the harbour with ags, as our ship came in sight round the bluff, our Captain being at first much puzzled to read the 'signals' thus being run up, until it dawned upon him, 'why, they must know that we have the Bishop on board.' Next the pilot - boat came tumbling out, bringing two or three friends shouting, Well, my lord, we've come through the water to you, as you've come through fire and water to us and then we landed, he, as usual, standing back to allow the women and children among his fellow - passengers to go first; and so it happened that we stepped a little puzzled into a close packed silent crowd, which broke into a hearty cheer a few minutes after, as he set foot on shore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.