Title: - The Road to Heaven
A Book for All Who Love the Truth for the Truth’s Sake. Being a Religious, Philosophical, Historical and Scientific Study of God, Nature, The Soul, The Spiritual Man, The Moral Man, The Natural Man, Man as a Social and Immortal Being, His Virtues, Vices, Affections, Hopes, Aspirations, Aims and Destiny. And a Hand-Book For All Who Seek That “City Which Hath Foundations Whose Builder and Maker is God.” The New “Pilgrim’s Progress” For the Millions Whose Faces Are Turned to the Sunrise Shore Where There is No Night.
from the preface-
The thoughtful and reverent works of this Volume cannot fail to appeal to the hearts of all, and the Publishers will fell grateful if it gives comfort to any soul, or the bright rays of hope to any gloomy life. The simplicity of its utterances makes it pre-eminently the People’s Book, and the grave wisdom underlying its plainest sentences renders it worthy of the critical perusal of scholars.
chapter 1= The Road to Heaven- Ancient Egyptians, Views of Buddha, Fire Worshippers, Greece & Rome, The wild Norsemen, North American Indians, Esquimaux, Penance among Christians, Long Pilgrimages, Hermit's Road, Self-Inflicted Tortures, Simon Stylites, Good through Misguided Men, Stern Puritans, Their Intolerance, Their Heroic Temper, Abraham Davenport, the Lord's Grand Army.
chapter 2= The Unknown God -Paul in Athens, , Cowardly Ministers, Perfection of the Telescope, Holy Spirit, The Divine Personality, St. Patrick and the Shamrock, Ancient Ideas of God, and more.
chapter 3= Nature- The Folly of Infidelity, The Miracles of Christ, Nature a Thought of God, Was the World Created in Six Days, The Polar Day, Greek Story of Creation, History-Carven Faces, Light, The Third Day, God with Mother-Thought, Is the Bible Account True? , Ancient Man, Story of Rocks and Bones, What is Inspiration?, Where Moses Got His Knowledge, The Flood, Heathen Traditions of the Flood, The Chinese Fohi, The First Rainbow, The Capacity of the Ark, Beauty of Earth and Sky, Precious Stones, Flowers, Legends of Flowers
chapter 28= Mormonism- Patriarchal Woes, Abraham and Hagar, Jacob’s Pitiful Story, Unnaturalness of Polygamy, Polygamy and Population, Polygamy and Brains, The Brute Instinct, History of Joseph Smith, The Book of Mormon, Mormon Pilgrimage, Theology of Mormonism, Murdered Children, What is the Cure, Mormonism a Mecca
chapter 30= HELL- Place of Future Punishment, Hell is Within Man, Loss of God, The Sinner’s Home, How Long Will the Soul Suffer, Loss of Friends, Love Turned to Hate, The Black Hole of Calcutta, No Peace in Hell, Pains of Sense, Hell, the Home of Fear, Good Company in Hell , Not Easy to Damn a Soul, The Flag of Truce
chapter 31 = THE DEVIL – HIS ORIGIN AND POWER- Every Man His Own Devil, God Never Solitary, God Willed to be Served, The Great Silent War, Why Satan Was Not Destroyed, What is Will?, Railroad of Thought, Satan’s Inferiority to God, Satan Superior to Man, How to Conquer Satan
others chapters include- man, woman, childhood, truth, charity, temperance, patience, honesty, modesty, fidelity, enthusiasm, courage, patriotism, discretion, good manners, purity, prayer, home, marriage, divorce, success in life, glories of heaven,
plus a few more!
Condition: Please zoom in on photos carefully as they are part of the description. I am human and sometimes miss a thing or 2, but I try to mention the book's main faults. all of my books are VERY OLD and have 100+ years of wear to varying degrees