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Authors: Laurence Lerner

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conversation touches on forbidden subjects: for they talk not about sin or repentance but about beliefand its difficulty:
"But where are you going to, Helen? Can you see? Do you know?"
"I believe; I have faith: I am going to God."
"Where is God? What is God?"
"You are sure, then, Helen, that there is such a place as heaven; and that our souls can get to it when we die?"
"I am sure there is a future state; I believe God is good."
"And shall I see you again, Helen, when I die?"
"You will come to the same region of happiness; be received by the same mighty universal Parent, no doubt, dear Jane."
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