The Destiny of the Soul (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781523824342)

PAUSING, in a thoughtful hour, on that mount of observation whence the whole prospect of life is visible, what a solemn vision greets us We see the vast procession of existence flitting across the landscape, from the shrouded ocean of birth, over the illuminated continent of experience, to the shrouded ocean of death. Who can linger there and listen, unmoved, to the sublime lament of things that die? Although the great exhibition below endures, yet it is made up of changes, and the spectators shift as often. Each rank of the host, as it advances from the mists of its commencing career, wears a smile caught from the morning light of hope, but, as it draws near to the fatal bourne, takes on a mournful cast from the shadows of the unknown realm. The places we occupy were not vacant before we came, and will not be deserted when we go, but are forever filling and emptying afresh.

Author: William Rounseville Alger
ISBN-10: 1523824344
ISBN-13: 9781523824342
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2016
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.65d