Our Eternal Homes

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1868. Excerpt: ... mation reason is indebted to revelation. As revelation alone informs us of the fact, revelation alone must supply us with information on the subject. Devout inquirers, we shall attempt only to follow where God in the Bible leads us, and shall discover that as God requires no blind acquiescence in His truth, so He has revealed sufficient to supply reason with its worthiest exercise, together with abundance to satisfy the heart. We shall attempt to draw no conclusions that are not plainly involved in the suggestive words of Holy Writ. God intends not that man should serve Him with an unthinking obedience, or love Him with an irrational devotion; belief in His word is the triumph of reason, and trust in His promises is the culmination of confidence. One thing we shall find, that everything revealed on the subject of heaven is pregnant with practical importance, and potent with application to the daily issues of life. To His service we commend this little book, as for His glory we have written it, in - the spirit of the prayer: -- What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to man. In so far as the opinions advanced in this little book are novel, we solicit for them attentive consideration; in so far as they are peculiar, we only ask that they be not charged upon others; in so far l* as they are good in their purpose and tendency, we hope that they will be cherished, and that no idiosyncrasies of thought may frustrate whatever spiritual advantage they might otherwise impart; in so far as they are imperfect, fragmentary, and unsatisfactory, we plead our own deficiencies and ignorance; but in so far as those opinions are in accordance with reasonable deducti...