Giles, Chauncey
clergyman, author, was born May 11, 1813, in Charlesmont, Mass. He was a Swedenborgian clergyman of Philadelphia, and of much prominence in his denomination. He was the author of The Nature of Spirit; The Second Coming of Our Lord; Perfect Prayer; Man as a Spiritual Being; The Incarnation; The Wonderful Pocket; The Magic Spectacles, a fairy tale; The Gate of Pearl; The Magic Shoes, and Other Stories; Heavenly Blessedness; The New Jerusalem; The Spiritual World; and The Valley of the Diamonds, and Other Stories. He died in 1893. a