But I like to think he will be sent on some errands like that of the presence which came to Ben Adhem with a great wakening light, rich and like a lily in bloom, to tell him that the name of him who loved his fellow men led all the names of those the love of God had blessed.
Hoar imagines a benevolent mission for a departed friend, likening it to a spiritual calling.
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