OUR ETERNAL HOMES.

BY

A BIBLE STUDENT.

"To the law and the testimony: if they speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no light in them."-Isa. viii. 20.
"Thy kingdom come."

LONDON:

FREDERICK PITMAN,

20, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

MDCCCLXIV.

101.9.89.

TO THE EVER CHERISHED MEMORY

OF MY MOST TENDER FRIEND AND EARLIEST TEACHER

My beloved Mother;

WHOM IT HAS PLEASED THE DIVINE MERCY

TO REMOVE

FROM THE CARES, TOILS, SORROWS, AND ANXIETIES

OF EARTH,

THIS LITTLE WORK,

ON A SUBJECT

WHICH SHE DELIGHTED TO CONTEMPLATE,

IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

The Author.

Contents.

INTRODUCTION.

WHY WE OUGHT TO INVESTIGATE THE SUBJECT

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CHAPTER I.

What is Heaven?

HEAVEN CONSIDERED AS A STATE, WHAT IT IS, AND BIBLE REFERENCES

TO IT. THE IMPORTANCE OF SO CONSIDERING HEAVEN.-HEAVEN

CONSIDERED AS A PLACE. WHERE IS HEAVEN ?-HEAVEN CONSI-

DERED AS HOME.-VARIETY IN HEAVEN.-PLURALITY OF HEAVENS.

-THE THREE GLORIES. THE NATURAL AND THE SPIRITUAL MEAN-

ING OF THE WORD "HEAVEN."-THE ANALOGY OF THE SOUL WITHIN

THE BODY TO THE SPIRITUAL WITHIN THE NATURAL UNIVERSE.-

"BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF TIME AND SPACE CONSIDERED. THE

NEARNESS OF HEAVEN PROVED BY THE APPEARANCES OF ANGELS

AS RECORDED IN THE BIBLE.-THE TWO COMMONLY RECEIVED

HYPOTHESES AS TO THOSE APPEARANCES.-A THIRD STATED, IL-

LUSTRATED, AND ENFORCED. WHAT CONSTITUTED A SEER.-MOSES

IN THE MOUNT.-THE SPIRITUAL WORLD NOT DISTANT, AS SHOWN

IN THE EXPERIENCES OF THE DYING.-TRANCES.-SPIRIT-MANI-

FESTATIONS CONSIDERED IN THIS CONNECTION.-OBJECTIONS TO

PURSUING THE INVESTIGATION EXAMINED AND REFUTED.-THE

NEARNESS OF HEAVEN THE SECRET OF STRENGTH.-HEAVENLY

TEACHERS.-THE NEARNESS OF HEAVEN THE SECRET OF LIFE.-

THE NEARNESS OF HEAVEN THE SECRET OF PRESERVATION.-ALL

THE UNIVERSE BOUND TOGETHER IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE NEAR-

NESS OF HEAVEN.

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