Excerpt from A Key to the Spiritual PalaceFather of a family. Several of my children have'arrived at ma; ture years, and they, and my friends and acquaintances know that the principles I here profess, of reverence to the Bible, in all its teachings, my duties to God and my fellow' men, have ao tuated me during my life, andi knew and fully believe, that all their hopes of eternal life, as well as mine, are based on the word of God, which contains the threatenings of the law, 'the promises of the gospel and the prophecies respecting the future glories of the church; and I would fain leave my children and friends my views on some of these all important subjects as a legacy, but one that is not subject to the changes, and reverses which often attend the gold and silver, or lands bequeathed to surviving friends. Should my expectations in these respects not be disapp'ointed'l shall consider that the labors I have devoted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.