A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was leaving the room after paying a
visit, and said, "Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on the
other side."
Very quietly the doctor said, "I don't know."
"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know what is on the other
side?"
The doctor was holding the handle of the door, on the other side of which
came a sound of scratching and whining, and as he opened the door a dog
sprang into the room and leaped on him with an eager show of gladness.
Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you notice that dog? He had
never been in this room before. He did not know what was inside. He knew
nothing except that his master was here, and when the door opened he
sprang
in without fear. I know little
of what is on the other side of death, but I do know one thing: I know
my Master is there, and that is enough. And when the door opens, I shall
pass through with no fear, but gladness."
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