`` No -- not exactly -- but I think it means that heaven will be just like what you 'd like it to be . '' `` I 'd like it to be just like Rainbow Valley , '' said Mary , `` with all you kids to gas and play with . THAT 'S good enough for me . Anyhow , we ca n't go to heaven till we 're dead and maybe not then , so what 's the use of worrying ? Here 's Jem with a string of trout and it 's my turn to fry them . '' `` We ought to know more about heaven than Walter does when we 're the minister 's family , '' said Una , as they walked home that night . `` We KNOW just as much , but Walter can IMAGINE , '' said Faith . `` Mrs. Elliott says he gets it from his mother . '' `` I do wish we had n't made that mistake about Sunday , '' sighed Una . `` Do n't worry over that . I 've thought of a great plan to explain so that everybody will know , '' said Faith . `` Just wait till to-morrow night . '' CHAPTER XII . AN EXPLANATION AND A DARE The Rev. Dr. Cooper preached in Glen St. Mary the next evening and the Presbyterian Church was crowded with people from near and far . The Reverend Doctor was reputed to be a very eloquent speaker ; and , bearing in mind the old dictum that a minister should take his best clothes to the city and his best sermons to the country , he delivered a very scholarly and impressive discourse . But when the folks went home that night it was not of Dr. Cooper 's sermon they talked . They had completely forgotten all about it . Dr. Cooper had concluded with a fervent appeal , had wiped the perspiration from his massive brow , had said `` Let us pray '' as he was famed for saying it , and had duly prayed . There was a slight pause . In Glen St. Mary church the old fashion of taking the collection after the sermon instead of before still held -- mainly because the Methodists had adopted the new fashion first , and Miss Cornelia and Elder Clow would not hear of following where Methodists had led .
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