"It is the purpose of the papers that make up the substance of this volume, to set before the Christian some striking and scriptural views of the heavenly world that may prove consolatory while "this side of the river."
Heaven is a glorious reality. Its attraction should be felt perpetually. It should overcome the force with which this world draws us to itself, and be to the believer an object of deep interest, of earnest hope, and constant pursuit.
Thanks are presented to the Authors for their kind consent to publish the following papers, and that the profits may be directed to a benevolent object.
--J.W."