Life and labor in the spirit world: Being a description of localities, employments, surroundings, and conditions in the spheres.Longley, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
Religion
Life and labor in the spirit world: Being a description of localities, employments, surroundings, and conditions in the spheres.
Longley, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
Spirit writings; Spirits
The sick woman aroused with a start and looked so strangely at the nurse
that the latter said: “What is the matter, Lizzie?” “Nothing is the
matter,” replied Lizzie; “but I am so glad, I feel so happy. I am not
afraid to die now, God is good; He will not destroy a poor girl like me
who has had so much to bear. I think he will take me to his home. I have
heard such sweet music, such tender words! God is good; he will help me.
I am ready to go to him.”
The next day Lizzie died with a smile on her lips, and as her soul
passed out from the body she heard the sweet, soft music of the harp,
and caught a glimpse of Flora as she sang:—
“There is rest, and hope and comfort,
Life and Peace are drawing nigh!”
Only one more story of Flora and her harp have I time to tell you, dear
children, and this is of a little boy who was very ill. He, too, must
pass away to the Summer-land; he was too weak and ill to recover bodily
health. His parents were wealthy, and he was their only darling. They
felt as though they could not give him up. To his luxurious home Flora
found her way frequently, and the child had grown so spiritual that he
could hear her sing, and listen to the music evoked from her mystic
harp. Many times he spoke to his dear parents of the sweet music and
singing he heard, and they sadly shook their heads; for they felt that
he was nearing the gateway of heaven.
However, two days before the angel came to take him home, his mother,
who was sitting by his side, also heard the music and singing, and her
heart grew comforted as so many others had become before. On the night
that the little boy’s spirit passed out to the higher life both the
parents heard the wonderful music; and it brought such peace to their
souls they could no longer wish to keep their darling here to suffer
pain, but with a murmured prayer, and without a rebellious thought, they
kissed his brow and gave his spirit up to the keeping of the angels.
CHAPTER XVIII.
LITTLE BERTIE AND OTHERS.
In the beautiful Summer-land where I live, men and women who are always
kind and good are the teachers of little children. They once lived on
earth, and they loved children; so now, in the beautiful heavens, they
are teachers. If you know any man or woman who loves children, and is
kind to them, you may know these good people will some day be teachers
and guides of little ones in another world.
You would like to know about the Summer-land where I live. It is like a
large garden, extending as far as you can see or travel; beds of gay
flowers bloom there and sweeten the air with their fragrance; lakes and
brooks and fountains splash and gurgle with crystal water; there are
groves of trees, in the leafy branches of which birds sing and chirp all
the day; butterflies flit about from flower to flower, and the golden
sunlight falls in beauty over all.
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