My Dream of Heaven - Hardcover

Ruter Springer, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907661379 ISBN 13: 9781907661372

Publisher: White Crow Books, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This nineteenth century classic inspires the reader with new confidence and excitement about an eternal home and reunion with loved ones gone on before. It contains two missing chapters that have not appeared in print in over 100 years!

The words of the author, Rebecca Ruter Springer, set the stage for this classic treasure from the original 1898 version. Within the pages of this little volume lies "the hope that it may comfort and uplift some who read, even as it then did, and as its memory ever will do, for me, I submit this imperfect sketch of a most perfect vision."

This version includes a forward and afterword from well-known speaker and minister Vicki Jamison-Peterson.

About the Author:

Vicki Jamison Peterson has ministered worldwide since 1972 through evangelistic meetings, television and radio. Her meetings are characteristic by the unique move of God's Spirit in miracles, signs and wonders. During a time of sorrow at a close friend's departure to heaven, Vicki found Rebecca Ruter Springer's book to be a great comfort. It blessed her in such a way that she has brought this version including the two missing chapters back into publication. Vicki has written the foreword and afterword explaining some fascinating aspects of this classic work.

About this edition

• Publisher: White Crow Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1907661379
• ISBN 13: 9781907661372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144