Rebecca Ruter Springer

Rebecca Ruter Springer

Rebecca Ruter Springer (November 8, 1832 – 1904) was a 19th-century American author. Among her works is the Christian book Intra Muros, better known today as My Dream of Heaven. As the modern name implies, Springer claimed to have a vision of a Christian heaven, and she recounts this vision in her book as well as some personal insights. My Dream of Heaven is considered by many to be a deeply inspirational book.

Rebecca Ruter was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 8, 1832, the daughter of Calvin W. Ruter, a Methodist clergyman in Indiana.^[1] She attended Wesleyan Female College and graduated at the age of 18.^[2] She married William McKendree Springer on December 15, 1859, later a lawyer and member of the Illinois General Assembly. William Ruter Springer, the couple's only child, was born a few years later, and went on to graduate from a private military academy in Virginia in 1880.^[2] Springer and her husband left for a two-year European tour in 1868 to improve her health, which at the time had been described as "feeble"; a condition which persisted until her death in 1904.^[2]

Notes

1. Introduction at www.depauw.edu
2. Springer, Rebecca (2003). "Introduction". In Scott Givens. My Dream of Heaven. Taxus Baccata Books. ISBN 0-9729830-1-5.

External links

• Works by Rebecca Ruter Springer at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Rebecca Ruter Springer at Internet Archive