This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... ginning and the end of life speak of home. There is danger, therefore, that the specific earthly meaning of the word may blind us. It is well to guard against this. When we speak of the home of a soul, the idea seems strange; yet it is really the true idea. The home on earth is but a type of that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 edition. Excerpt: ... ginning and the end of life speak of home. There is danger, therefore, that the specific earthly meaning of the word may blind us. It is well to guard against this. When we speak of the home of a soul, the idea seems strange; yet it is really the true idea. The home on earth is but a type of that which is above and beyond it. Its design is to school the fallen spirit, that with lofty intuition it may seek an eternal home with God. In fact, there is but one home, and that is enduring, divine, selfsatisfying. One may have his well-arranged house, his pleasant grounds surrounding it, his little family within it; but yet he is not at rest, --the soul has not found its home. The most perfect home of man is but a shadow. It almost seems as if the whole family of mankind had been striving to give us glimpses of of a home that is divine. The Egyptians had the idea of life; the Persians, light; the Greeks, beauty; the Romans, law; the Jews, purity; the Christians, love. Perhaps if we could see the whole development of the race completed, we might behold a glorious picture of the ultimate home standing out as the result of this development. At any rate, no one can help noting the fact that the idea of a divine home has been generally present to the mind of the species. Even the fancy of transmigration is gilded with the glory of the higher, light; for the spirit after many changes may at last reach the communion of the gods. The mystics of all religions have loved to think of themselves as rays of the infinite sun; streams flowing onward to the primal ocean; mysterious waves which sweep the bosom of an eternal sea. Many could say--"God is the universal sea of being I All beings, e'en the countless hosts of heaven, Move towards him as the streamlets...
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Good with no dust jacket. Early copy of religious tract. In moderately worn and soiled covers. Pages are mildly toned and there is a gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1940. There is some paper loss on front endpapers, but book is otherwise in nice, clean condition.; 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall.
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