The Carpenter's Son (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Carpenter's Son<br><br>In the Apocryphal New Testament this story is told: The king of Jerusalem ordered Joseph of Nazareth to build for him a throne to fit a certain place in the palace where the king was accustomed to sit. After two years Joseph finished the throne, but found to his dismay that it did not fit the place, as the king had ordered, by two spans. Josephs son bade his father to take hold on one side of the throne while he took hold on the other, and stretched it until it made a perfect fit. The story continues in these quaint words: "The throne was made of the same wood which was in being in Solomon's time, namely, wood adorned with various shapes and figures."<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.