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The moving recollections of Rebecca Ruter Springer serve as
emotional support to Christians who are bereaved and grieving, or
contemplating the nature of the heavenly afterlife. Arranged in
chapters as a loose narrative, Intra Muros comprises of a series of
dreamlike episodes and reflections upon the essence of life, death
and what comes next after we perish. Steeped in the Christian
tradition, the author's narration traverses the spiritual planes
that follow death, and her descriptions of heaven are evocative and
reassuring. The appearance of the heavenly realms, the blessings of
the angelic spirits, and the journey the believer's souls makes the
author's words profound and vivid to read. The imagery that the
writer presents is enormous in scope, yet the emotional comfort she
seeks to provide remains constant - sight of the book's practical
purpose, of comforting Christians who are bereaved through the
harrowing experience of loss, is never lost.
Rebecca Ruter Springer was 29 when the American Civil War started
in 1861. When the war ended five years later, 620,000 soldiers and
countless civilians lay dead. It is not surprising, therefore, that
the dead and heaven were much considered over the next forty years
in the USA. And it was this spiritual climate that created
Springer's classic, 'Intra Muros', or as it is now generally known,
'My dream of heaven.' There is not a great deal known about the
author herself. She was born in 1832, in Indianapolis, Indiana; and
the daughter of a Methodist clergyman. She graduated from the
Wesleyan Female College in 1850, and Methodist Christianity
remained her spiritual home. In 1859, two years before the Civil
War, she married William Springer, who went on to become a lawyer,
and member of the Illinois General Assembly. They had one son, also
called William, but Rebecca's health was never good, and described
by one person as 'feeble'. In 1868, the couple went on a two-year
European tour to improve her health, but it remained poor until her
death. It was amidst ill health that My Dream of heavenA" was born.
Written in 1898 - It was a vision given to her during severe
illness; and she was unconscious for some days as she received the
vision - which in the telling, covers a period of years. On
reflection, she came to understand the short book as a series of
basic truths about heaven, written in a simple and readable style,
as if being told to a child. Springer did not bestow the status of
'prophecy' on her work; but rather intended it as comfort. As she
said, she wrote the book with 'the hope that it may comfort and
uplift some who read, even as it did, and as its memory will ever
do, for me. I submit the imperfect sketch of a most perfect vision.
Rebecca Ruter Springer was 29 when the American Civil War started
in 1861. When the war ended five years later, 620,000 soldiers and
countless civilians lay dead. It is not surprising, therefore, that
the dead and heaven were much considered over the next forty years
in the USA. And it was this spiritual climate that created
Springer's classic, 'Intra Muros', or as it is now generally known,
'My dream of heaven.' Rebecca was born in 1832, in Indianapolis,
Indiana; the daughter of a Methodist clergyman; she graduated from
the Wesleyan Female College in 1850, and Methodist Christianity
remained her spiritual home. In 1859, two years before the Civil
War, she married William Springer, who went on to become a lawyer,
and member of the Illinois General Assembly. They had one son, also
called William, but Rebecca's health was never good, and described
by one person as 'feeble'. In 1868, the couple went on a two-year
European tour to improve her health, but it remained poor until her
death. It was amidst ill health that her classic work was born.
'Intra Muros' (Between the walls) or My Dream of heaven was written
in 1898. It was a vision given to her during severe illness; and
she was unconscious for some days as she received the vision -
which in the telling, covers a period of years. On reflection, she
came to understand the short book as a series of basic truths about
heaven, offering readers both confidence that God had prepared a
place for them; and that awaiting them there was a wonderful
reunion with loved ones who had gone before. Springer did not
bestow the status of 'prophecy' on her work; but rather intended it
as comfort. As she said, she wrote the book with 'the hope that it
may comfort and uplift some who read, even as it did, and as its
memory will ever do, for me. I submit the imperfect sketch of a
most perfect vision.'
The moving recollections of Rebecca Ruter Springer serve as
emotional support to Christians who are bereaved and grieving, or
contemplating the nature of the heavenly afterlife. Arranged in
chapters as a loose narrative, Intra Muros comprises of a series of
dreamlike episodes and reflections upon the essence of life, death
and what comes next after we perish. Steeped in the Christian
tradition, the author's narration traverses the spiritual planes
that follow death, and her descriptions of heaven are evocative and
reassuring. The appearance of the heavenly realms, the blessings of
the angelic spirits, and the journey the believer's souls makes the
author's words profound and vivid to read. The imagery that the
writer presents is enormous in scope, yet the emotional comfort she
seeks to provide remains constant - sight of the book's practical
purpose, of comforting Christians who are bereaved through the
harrowing experience of loss, is never lost.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.
1898. Springer writes in the preface: The pages of this volume
contain no fancy sketch, written to while away an idle hour; but
are the true, though greatly condensed, record of an experience
during days when life hung in the balance between time and
Eternity, with the scales dipping decidedly toward the Eternity
side.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
1898. Springer writes in the preface: The pages of this volume
contain no fancy sketch, written to while away an idle hour; but
are the true, though greatly condensed, record of an experience
during days when life hung in the balance between time and
Eternity, with the scales dipping decidedly toward the Eternity
side.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
1898. Springer writes in the preface: The pages of this volume
contain no fancy sketch, written to while away an idle hour; but
are the true, though greatly condensed, record of an experience
during days when life hung in the balance between time and
Eternity, with the scales dipping decidedly toward the Eternity
side.
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