Subject: The Other Side 

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was preparing 
to leave the examination room 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 my dog?   
He's never been in this room before.  He didn't 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 will pass through it with gladness, but with no fear. 

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the 
evidence of things not seen.