Published in 1886 | 332 pages | PDF reader required
PREFACE
It is a sad commentary on the depravity of the human heart that Spiritualism exists in this land of gospel light. It might reasonably be supposed that the frequent exposures of its deception, and failures of its prophecies, would convince all of its falsity; yet if any one will take the pains to investigate the classes among whom it gains a hearing, and the number of Spiritualistic camp meetings, seances and circles yearly held, he will see that it is not merely an absurdity to be laughed at, but a pernicious evil to be counteracted.
There is also a large class of persons who, smarting under bereavement, have had their imagination and sympathies wrought on by the prospect of holding Spiritualistic intercourse with their dead. As a pastor the writer has often felt the need of a book to place in the hands of those inclined to adopt this error. He has therefore written this volume, the aim of which is to show that every proper desire to know about the state of the dead can be abundantly satisfied by the word of God, and that the communion of saints through Christ and the Holy Spirit yields more real soul-comfort than any séance could, even if such a mode of intercourse were possible. A story is interwoven with the discussion of this theme, with the hope that it will thus reach those who might be repelled by a formal doctrinal treatise.
JOHN CHESTER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March, 1886.
