THE

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN;

WHAT IT IS; WHERE IT IS;

AND THE

DUTY OF AMERICAN CHRISTIANS
CONCERNING IT.

BY

JESSE H. JONES.

"Lastly (and which was not least), a great hope & inward zeall they had of lay-
ing some good foundation, or at least to make some way there unto, for ye propagat-
ing & advancing ye gospell of ye kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of ye
world; yea though they should be but even as stepping-stones unto others for ye
performing of so great a work."-Gov. BRADFORD's Hist. Plim. Plant., 10.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

FOR SALE BY

NOYES, HOLMES, AND COMPANY, 117 WASHINGTON ST.,
AND HENRY HOYT, 9 CORNHILL, BOSTON.

1871.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

JESSE II. JONES,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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Bedication.

TO THE

CHILDREN OF THE PILGRIMS AND PURITANS,

THAT PEOPLE WHOM GOD HAS BLESSED WITH THE RICHEST INHERI

TANCE, AND LADEN WITH THE HEAVIEST RESPONSIBILITIES

EVER ALLOTTED TO A RACE OF MEN, THIS SLIGHT

CONTRIBUTION TO THE CELEBRATION OF

Jubilee Year,

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.

WHAT KIND OF A TEMPORAL SYSTEM OF HUMAN SOCIETY IS

THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?