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A Romance of Two Worlds

CHAPTER XI
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Flowers, rare and imperishable, shall bloom for thee; birds of exquisite form and tender voice shall sing to thee; angels shall be thy companions.

Thou shalt have fresh and glad desires to offer to God with every portion of thy existence, and each one shall be granted as soon as asked, for then thou wilt not be able to ask anything that is displeasing to Him.

But because it is a joy to wish, thou shalt wish! and because it is a joy to grant, so also will He grant.

No delight, small or great, is wanting in that vast sphere; only sorrow is lacking, and satiety and disappointment have no place.

Wilt thou seek for admittance there or wilt thou faint by the way and grow weary ?" I raised my eyes full of ecstasy and reverence.
"My mere efforts must count as nothing," I said; "but if Love can help me, I will love and long for God's World until I die!" My guardian Angel pointed to those rays of light I had before noticed, that slanted downwards towards Earth in the form of a Cross.
"That is the path by which THOU must travel.


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