Heaven -- Christianity; Near-death experiences -- Religious aspects; Private revelations
Again, the question is many times repeated, "Does this experience
retain its vividness as time passes, or does it grow unreal and
dreamlike to you?" I can partially forget some of the happiest
experiences of my earth-life, but time seems only to intensify to me
the wonders of those days when my feet really stood upon the
border-land of the two worlds. It seemed to me that at every step we
took in the divine life our souls reached up toward something better,
and we had no inclination to look behind to that which had passed, or
to try to solve what in our mortal life had been intricate or
perplexing questions or mysteries. Like the cup that is filled to
overflowing at the fountain with pure and sparkling water, so our souls
were filled--more than filled--with draughts from the fountain of all
good, until there was no longer room for aught else. "How then," you
ask, "could you reach out for more, when you had all that you could
receive?" Because moment by moment, hour by hour, our souls grew and
expanded and opened to receive fresh draughts of divine instruction
which was constantly lifting us nearer to the source of all perfection.
Some of the letters that have come to me have been so pathetic in their
inquiries, that they have called forth sympathetic tears, and an
intense longing to speak with authority upon the questions raised.
That privilege God has not given me. I can only tell how it seemed to
me in those blissful hours when earth seemed remote and heaven very
near and real. One suffering mother writes, "Do you think I could pray
still for my darling girl?" How I longed to take her in sympathetic
arms and whisper to her that the dear child of her love, I doubted not,
was praising God continually and had no longer need of earthly prayer.
She loved and trusted the Savior as she went down into the Valley of
Shadows, and his loving arms received and comforted her. To all such I
would say--and many are the letters of like import received:
"Look up, dear friends, and see the loved ones, as I saw those so dear
to me, happy and blessed beyond all human conception in the house of
many mansions prepared for us by our loving Father." Oh, those
wonderful mansions upon which my longing heart looks back! Believe in
them, look forward to them, beloved friends, for we have the Savior's
promise that they at least are there: "In my Father's house are many
mansions." His promises never fail; and I am sure of one thing they
will not be less beautiful than those I looked upon in my vision.
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