The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

The Gates Ajar. 167 on to state, that we shall be as the angels in heaven. How do we know what heavenly unions of heart with heart exist among the angels? It leaves me margin enough to live and be happy with John forever, and it holds many possibilities for the settlement of all perplexing questions brought about by the relations of this world. It is of no use to talk much about them. But it is on that very verse that I found my unshaken belief that they will be smoothed out in some natural and happy way, with which each one shall be content." "But 0, there is a great gulf fixed; and on one side one, and on the other another, and they loved each other." Her face paled, - it always pales, I notice, at the mention of this mystery, - but her eyes never lost by a shade their steadfast trust. "Mary, don't question me about that. That belongs to the unutterable things. God will take care of it. I think I could leave it to him even if he brought it for me myself to face. I feel sure that he will make it all come out right. Perhaps He will be so dear to us, that we could not love any one who hated him. In some way the void must be filled, for he shall wipe away tears. But it seems to me that the

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The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
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