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Oh, So Somebody’s There After All!

August 13, 2009

The following is an excerpt from H.G. Wells’ little known short story, ANSWER TO PRAYER.

“The Archbishop was perplexed by his own state of mind. Maybe the shadow of age had fallen on him, he thought, maybe he had been overworking. But his nerve, which had never failed him failed him now. It came to him that he himself had not made a personal and particular appeal to God for many years. It had seemed unnecessary. Slowly he sank to his knees and put his hands together. “Oh God,” he began and paused. A sense of awful imminence, a monstrous awe gripped him. And then he heard a voice. It was not a harsh voice but clear and strong. “Yes,” said the voice. “What is it?” They found His Grace in the morning. Plainly death had been instantaneous.”

Sorta speaks for itself, doesn’t it?

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