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“ The more thousands of years the angels live, the more beau-
tifully and blissfully do they bloom; and so in all eternity. To
grow old in heaven, is to grow younger.”
So says Swedenborg, and while he has been speaking,
evening has come on, and it is now too late for me to write
more. Swedenborg was a most devout Christian, who wor-
shiped God in Christ. One may share his intuitions or
not, in part or in the whole; yet, in the most important
and essential, one cannot but devoutly side with him,
namely: that if in Christ we see the revelation of God’s
heart, being, and will, we can then confidently and joyously
leave ourselves and our beloved ones in His hands, certain
that He will order every thing with endless love to the
best.
Aud now I kiss you and say, farewell and be happy !
Ansta, 8d October, 1842.
It is one of the tenets of my good, dear friend, the
Countess S , that when we do not hear any thing
from our friends, we may be sure that they are perfectly
well and lead a merry life; and I hope, my dear Frances,
that this holds good with respect to you, our dear friends,
during the long silence between you and us Arsta people.
As to ourselves, we have not had quite such pleasant cause
for our silence. We have already for some time had a
visitor in the house, called Illness, and his conduct has been
any thing but pleasant or agreeable to witness. But now,
thank God! he is preparing to leave us, together with all
his odious train, and Health is returning with her compan-
ions, appetite, happy faces, and joyous hearts. Charlotte
is still confined to her bed, but the fountain of laughter
which is in her is again beginning to burst forth, murmur-
ing duets with Agatha’s, which is constantly flowing. Our
mother likes this, and is always ready to accompany them.
I, who am less inclined for this merriment, must, however,
“ follow ny leaders,” — it cannot be helped. It would be
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