Chapter I: Preface

I wish to thank the editor of _The Atlantic Monthly_ for his permission to print in this volume the chapter entitled “The Mystic’s Experience of God,” also the editors of _The Journal of Religion_ for their permission to use the article on “Psychology and the Spiritual Life.” Some of the shorter essays have been printed in _The_ (London) _Friend_ and in _The Homiletic Review_. Kind permission has been granted for their reproduction.