The Interior or Hidden Life

Thomas Cogswell Upham was a professor of "Mental and Moral Philosophy" at Bowdoin college, and a prolific writer on religious subjects. Stowe met him soon after she moved with her husband to Brunswick, and called his home "delightful": "a beautiful pattern of a Christian family, a beautiful exemplification of religion."* Principles of the Interior or Hidden Life; Designed Particularly for the Consideration of Those Who Are Seeking Assurance of Faith and Perfect Love By Thomas C. Upham (Boston: Waite, Peirce, and Company, 1845)

Chapter 1: SOME MARKS OR TRAITS OF THE HIDDEN LIFE Chapter 14: ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN LOVE AND JOY Chapter 15: ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NATURAL AND SPIRITUAL JOY Chapter 16: ON THE NATURE AND RELATIONS OF EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE Appendix: MAXIMS