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
It was my good fortune to become associated with this dear
woman,—indeed, she was one of the first to bring me strength and cheer
in my new-found spirit home; for she is one of my kin, and when my heart
grew faint within me for the old earthly life with parents and mortal
friends, as it sometimes would, it was her words, her tender, brave,
hopeful ministrations that revived my drooping spirits, and led me to
learn something of the helpful, active, benevolent labor of her life in
the spheres. No tale of sorrow is ever poured into her ear without
meeting with a responsive flood of sympathy and cheer that lightens the
weary soul of its burden forthwith. Let Beulah become aware of any soul
in distress, and she is constantly learning of such, and she is ready to
seek that suffering one; and by the influence her presence imparts, she
succeeds in uplifting, strengthening, and benefiting him or her.
BEULAH’S SELF-SACRIFICING BENEFICENCE.
I have watched carefully the work of this remarkable woman, and have
never known her to fail in imparting relief to any suffering one whom
she sought to assist; her indomitable, yet tender, loving spirit seems
to know no such word as failure or defeat. She wills to succeed in her
work, her whole soul is engaged in it; with her it is truly a labor of
love; her own past experience has surcharged her heart with sympathy and
affection for mankind; she despises no one, not even the vilest sinner;
she would not hesitate to go down into the depths of the darkest, most
offensive conditions to rescue a human being, even though her pure hands
and her beautiful garments were grievously besmirched thereby; and she
would succeed in her efforts for that human being’s redemption, for her
unflinching bravery, her untiring patience and unwavering gentleness,
would cause her to won the victory over all foes.
You can perhaps gain an idea from what I tell you of Beulah of the
usefulness, nobility, and grandeur of such lives as hers; and just such
lives are attained by all spirits who are firm, enduring, patient, and
unselfish. Those who grow strong through suffering, even as the oak tree
gains strength and vigor because of the blasts that shake its sturdy
frame; those whose spirits are mellowed, sweetened, and ripened, despite
the calamities that befall them in their journey through matter,
eventually become just such beautiful ministers of love and light, of
joy and gladness, as this woman of whom I write today.
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