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years of millenium can accomplish it. Every son and daughter of Adam
must have a chance; every tangled thread must be straightened out; every
broken link must be welded; every wrong must be righted; every created
thing that fills the measure of its creation must be perfected;--all
this must be before the 'winding-up scene' comes. All this can be
accomplished, for now we have every force working to that end. The earth
is yet teeming with our brothers and sisters in mortality; there is
continual communication between the spirit world and this world, and
then here are we, with our kind; we have passed through the earth-life,
through the spirit world, through the resurrection--and we, as you said,
are busier than ever, because with our added knowledge and wider view
comes greater power. Our services are needed everywhere. And what a
blessed privilege we have in thus being able to help the Lord in the
salvation of His children and the hastening to its destined end of
celestial glory this world of ours."

Alice was playing with some birds, which she seemed to have well
trained, as they were flying back and forth from her hand to the bushes.
The two women now came back along the path, stopping now and then to
listen to a bird or to look at a flower. They joined Rupert and Henrik.

"I have quite a lot of names from the spirit world to bring to the
Temple today," said Rupert, "among them fifteen couples to be made
husband and wife."

"I have heard it said," remarked Marie, "that in heaven there is neither
marrying nor giving in marriage."

"Neither is there," answered Rupert, "any more than there is baptism for
the remission of sins. Neither this world nor the world of spirits,
where live the contracting parties, is heaven."

"Isn't this heaven?" asked Marie, looking around on the beauty with
which she was surrounded.

"As far as we resurrected beings are concerned," replied Rupert, "we
have heaven wherever we go; but this earth is only being prepared for
its heavenly or celestial state. Until that is finished, there shall be
marrying and giving in marriage."

"I'm glad of it," said Signe; "for there is--"

She was interrupted by Alice, who came in with the announcement that
others were coming up to the house. Henrik and Marie were greeted for
the first time by visitors who continued to gather. For some time,
white-clothed persons had been directing their steps towards the Temple.
Now they were hurrying.

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