OR, AN EARNEST AND SCRIPTURAL INQUIRY INTO THE ABODE OF THE SAINTED DEAD, BY REV. H. HARBAUGH, PASTOR OF THE FIRST GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH, LANCASTER, PA. Fourth Edition, Revised and Improved. "Seelig sind die das Heimweh haben, denn sie sollen nach Haus kommen." Stilling. PHILADELPHIA: LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON. (1564) Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by REV. H. HARBAUGH, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Stereotyped by J. Fagan. Printed by C. Sherman, то THE MEMBERS OF The First German Reformed Church, LEWISBURG, PA., OF WHICH THE AUTHOR WAS LATELY PASTOR; AND, TO THE MEMBERS OF Che First German Reformed Church, IN THE CITY OF LANCASTER, OF WHICH HE IS NOW PASTOR: WITH THE HOPE AND PRAYER THAT IT MAY BE A MEANS OF A BETTER WORLD, THIS VOLUME IS Affectionately Dedicated. (iii) PREFACE то THE FIRST EDITION. FOR several years my mind has been specially directed towards the heavenly world. In gathering information on this interesting subject, I was surprised to find that so little had been written directly on it. I have also found, since my own mind has been employed on this subject, that there are many to whom it has been a subject of like interest, and who eagerly read what professes to throw light on it. I have therefore ventured to offer this volume as a contribution to this department of pious inquiry, hoping that the reading of it may be as much blest to the hearts of those |