This work is written in a very serious, unpretending manner; and if it
do not greatly augment our knowledge of heaven, either as a place or a
state, yet it supplies such varied and valuable elements of thought, and
exhibits so much to enkindle ardent desire, that, as a volume of piety,
it deserves to rank high. We think, indeed, it is scarcely possible that
any one, whose affections are in any degree set upon the things which
are above, should read it without deriving considerable advantage. On
the sublime subject of heaven, the venerable author (for so we
understand we may denominate him) mentions twenty views:--"There is a
Heavenly World--Scripture Names of Heaven--God is present in Heaven--The
Presence of Jesus in Heaven--No Sufferings in Heaven--No Death in
Heaven--No Night in Heaven--No War in Heaven--Heaven is a holy
Place--Heaven is a happy Place--Heaven is a glorious Place--Happy
Employment in Heaven--Extensive Knowledge in Heaven--We shall know each
other there--Many Ranks and Orders in Glory--The Religion of Heaven is
Love--The Resurrection Body in Heaven--The Pleasures of Heaven are
pure--The Wicked are shut out of Heaven--Heaven is eternal."
The preface contains some succinct and sensible observations on the
immortality of the soul. Among others, the following occurs:--
"Ideas of good and evil, right and wrong, are planted in the human
heart. And there is in good men, what might be in all, a continual
cleaving and approximation to the Deity. When sin is committed, it
is followed by a sense of guilt and a fear of punishment, except in
those hardened sinners who have debased themselves by a long course
of disobedience. All these principles, when carefully cultivated,
are accompanied with ardent longings after immortality; and they
prove that man is connected with a higher order of beings than those
who are around him here, and that he is designed for a higher state
than that in which he now stands. For we perceive nothing of this
kind among the inferior creatures of our world. They are not, nor
ever will be, capable of knowing moral good and evil, much less of
knowing the God who made them. And will man, with his superior
powers, die for ever?"
Without pledging ourselves for the correctness of every sentiment or
sentence in the pages of this useful work, we would earnestly recommend
it to the attention of our readers generally.
* * * * *
_Two Years' Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio, North America;
with Directions to Emigrants._ By =D. Griffiths=, Jun. pp.
197.--Westley and Davis.
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