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that she could not like a man who could think at such a 

 crisis of such a verse, no matter how he meant it. She 

 was confident that he was one of those terribly resigned 

 kind of men who will find that the Lord has done great 

 things for him in the shape of a second helpmeet within 

 two years. 



This led to a search for other inscriptions. Here is 

 one which struck our fancy : 



" Under these ashes lies one close confined, 

 Who was to all both affable and kind ; 

 A neighbor good, extensive to ye poor. 

 Her soul we hope's at rest forevermore." 



This was discussed and considered to go rather too 

 far. Good Swedenborgians still dispute about the 

 body's rising again, and make a great point of that, as 

 showing their superior wisdom, as if it mattered whether 

 we rise with this body or another, any more than 

 whether we wear one suit of clothes or another; the 

 great matter being that we rise at all. But this good 

 friend seems to bespeak rest forever for the soul. One 

 of us spoke of having lately seen a very remarkable col- 

 lection of passages from Scripture which seemed to 

 permit the hope that all for whom a kind father has 

 nothing better in store than perpetual torture will kindly 

 be permitted to rest. One of the passages in question 

 was: " For the wicked ^2X\ perish everlastingly." The 

 question was remitted to the theologians of our party, 



