E. H Plumptre

Is there salvation beyond the grave? What about those who died in infancy, or died as uneducated savages, and what about those of severely limited intellectual capacity who spent their lives in idiocy? Plumtre addresses these questions in this thought provoking book. He brings to light what the early church believed and the heresies which crept in through the Popish doctrines of indulgences and purgatory. Did the correction to doctrine brought about by the reformation swing too far on the pendulum to exclude all coming to salvation after the grave? Plumptre argues the case for salvation after the grave for those in special circumstances.

John Cassell (1817-1865) founded the publishing house Cassell & Co. which became famous for its educational books and periodicals. In 1852 he expanded his weekly "Popular Educator" with the "Popular Bible Educator" which featured articles but such well-known writers as Sir George Birdwood who wrote an encyclopedic treatise on frankincense found in volume 1 of this series. In 1859 Cassells became a partner in the printing firm Cassells, Petter & Galpin in London, publishers of "The Bible Educator."