CONTENTS. LIFE AND TIME. NATURE OF THE SOUL. SPIRITUAL LIFE. MENTAL OPERATIONS. BELIEF AND SCEPTICISM. PREMATURE INTERMENT. PHENOMENA OF DEATH. SIN AND PUNISHMENT. THE CRUCIFIXION OF OUR LORD. MAN AFTER DEATH. THE INTERMEDIATE STATE. RECOGNITION OF THE BLESSED. THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. THE FUTURE STATES, ETC. "It is a great deal to be able to say in favour of this book that we have discovered nothing in it which can annoy or offend a member of any Christian denomination; and that many of the quotations are not only valuable in themselves, but have been collected from sources not easily accessible to the general reader. Not a few of the chapters are, however, Mr. Welby’s own composition; and these are, for the most part, thoughtfully and carefully written."—_The Critic._ "The author and compiler of this work is evidently a largely-read and deeply-thinking man. For its plentiful suggestiveness alone it should meet with a kindly and grateful acceptance. It is a pleasant, dreamy, charming, startling little volume, every page of which sparkles like a gem in an antique setting."—_Weekly Dispatch._ "This book is the result of extensive reading and careful noting; it is such a commonplace book as some thoughtful divine or physician might have compiled, gathering together a vast variety of opinions and speculations bearing on physiology, the phenomena of life, and the nature and future existence of the soul. With these are blended facts, anecdotes, personal traits of character, and well-grounded arguments, with the one guiding intention of strengthening the Christian’s faith with the thoughts and conclusions of the great and good of the earth. Mr. Horace Welby has brought together a mass of matter that might be sought in vain through the most extensive library; and we know of no work that so strongly compels reflection, and so well assists it."—_Lond. Review._ --------------------- W. KENT AND CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Notes Italic text in the original is delimited by _underscores_. Bold and spaced-text in the original is delimited by =equal signs=. A caret [^] has been used to indicate that the following number is an exponent—i.e. raised above the base line. 1. Copyright notice was provided as in the original printed text—this e-text is public domain in the country of publication. 2. Obvious typographical errors were silently corrected; non-standard spellings and dialect were retained.