Excerpt from In Paradise; Or the State of the Faithful Dead: A Study From Scripture on Death and After-Death IN the exercise Of that sweetest Ofiice Of the Chris tian priesthood, the ministry Of sympathy and conso lation to the suffering, there are found in every parish these classes (1) Many Christian people who, in Spite Of the depth Of their trust and the sincerity Of their penitence, do yet tremble at the great mystery Of death; (2) Others who, for themselves and for their loved ones gone before, have not yet caught the clear horoscope of that future life, as drawn in the teaching of Christ and in the testimony Of the Church. TO give light upon this sweet and sacred subject, there are many large and learned volumes Of our best scholars, but these are too erudite to meet the Simple needs of everyday parochial life. It would seem that a little book which aims, in the simplest way, to gather up the Church' s teaching upon Death, Para dise, the Resurrection and Heaven, might find some useful, though humble, place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.