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but which is found in a glance. We speak of
love at first sight, but is not that a recognition
from the past, a recognition of soul, and does it
not appeal to you as something much bigger
and greater than the idea of people standing in
rows on the " other side" waiting to meet
their friends who pass over from this world ?
It is a much more beautiful idea, and does
away with any idea of severance, for the
cord that binds them is one of affection and
love which can never be broken. Love never
fails and never dies, it is immortal, its bond is
unbreakable, that is its test. There is no pre-
tence, no counterfeit, it is unbreakable if
genuine ; easily broken if anything else.

Is not death then mostly a relief, a new
beginning, an opportunity for a fresh start and
for a new workable body to those whose
body is a clog and a rest for those who
are tired ? The actual passing which so many
seem to dread, is very beautiful also to many,
and so often we have heard and known that
those who pass over are taken care of and a
figure is seen by them as if waiting to hold
their hand and show them the way. These
things are no imagination, they are the things
that are real and true and living. We can rest
assured that those who pass on go also to a