“And, indeed, the Scripture itself seems to mention such sort of ghosts or appearances of souls departed (Matt. xiv. 26). When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water they ‘thought it had been a spirit.’ And (Luke xxiv. 37) after His resurrection they saw Him at once appearing in the midst of them, ‘and they supposed they had seen a spirit;’ and our Saviour doth not contradict their notion, but argues with them upon the supposition of the truth of it, ‘a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see Me to have.’ And, Acts xxiii. 8, 9, the word ‘spirit’ seems to signify ‘the apparition of a departed soul,’ where it is said, ‘The Sadducees say there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit;’ and, verse 9, ‘If a spirit or an angel hath spoken to this man,’ etc. A spirit here is plainly distinct from an angel; and what can it mean but an apparition of a human soul which has left the body?” An acquaintance with the “World to Come” will take away even now from the reader any surprise at the popularity it once enjoyed during years when printed sermons were not very abundant, and when readers received without questioning the doctrines and statements of such books as bore the imprint of the names of eminent men. Many passages are fraught with a most pleasing eloquence, and, read by a serious mind, are well calculated to convey not only passing, but permanent impressions. Shall we take two or three? ALL THINGS PREACH THE END OF TIME.