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Title: The Gospel of the Hereafter

Author: J. Paterson-Smyth

Release Date: June 17, 2008 [eBook #25826]

Language: English

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THE GOSPEL OF THE HEREAFTER

by

J. PATERSON-SMYTH, B.D., LL.D., LITT. D., D.C.L,

_Rector of St. Georges, Montreal, Late Professor
of Pastoral Theology, University of Dublin_

_Author of "How We Got Our Bible," "The
Old Documents and the New Bible," etc., etc., etc._

New York ---- Chicago ---- Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London And Edinburgh

Copyright, 1910, by
Fleming H. Revell Company

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_To My Wife_

Contents

PART I

THE NEAR HEREAFTER

I. "I"
II. THE THREE STAGES OF EXISTENCE
III. WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT THE NEAR HEREAFTER
IV. WHAT THE BIBLE AND THE CHURCH SAY ABOUT THE NEAR HEREAFTER
V. THE CRISIS OF DEATH
VI. "I" "MYSELF" AFTER DEATH
VII. RECOGNITION
VIII. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS
IX. GROWTH AND PURIFICATION
X. PROBATION IN THIS LIFE
XI. MINISTRY IN THE UNSEEN LIFE
XII. CONCLUSION

PART II

THE FAR HEREAFTER

I. THE JUDGMENT
II. HELL
III. HEAVEN

Publishers' Note

This tenth American (and sixteenth British) edition has been carefully
revised and where necessary rewritten by the author. We call special
attention to an interesting note on page 108.

This year a Norwegian edition has b