THE

WITNESS TO IMMORTALITY
IN LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY

AND LIFE

BY

Лидич

GEORGE A. GORDON

MINISTER OF THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, BOSTON

BOSTON AND NEW YORK

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge

1900

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Company.

DEDICATED TO

MY MOTHER AND MY WIFE:

TO THE FIRST, IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE

OF A SUPREMELY RELIGIOUS SOUL

AND IN GLAD CONFESSION

OF UNSPEAKABLE FILIAL OBLIGATIONS AND JOYS;

TO THE SECOND, IN HONOR AND GRATITUDE

FOR AN INSPIRING FRIENDSHIP;

TO BOTH

IN UNBROKEN AND DEAREST ASSOCIATION

AND IN ETERNAL HOPE.