sweet hereafter

Noun

 * 1)  Heaven; paradise as enjoyed in the afterlife.
 * 2) * 1885, Mary Lee Demarest, "The Pathway o' the Sea," in A Library of Religious Poetry by Philip Shaff and Arthur Gilman (eds.), Funk and Wagnalls, New York, page 885:
 * Lord, what thou doest noo, an' why,
 * We maunna seek to ken;
 * But sune the sweet hereafter comes,
 * An' thou wilt tell us then.
 * 1) * 1903, "Woman Roiled Into Ditch by Train," The Daily Review (Decatur, Illinois), 22 Mar.:
 * Miss Lacy Stafford of Taylorville was struck by an Illinois Central train at the Sangamon street crossing at 3 o'clock and in the eyes of the spectators she was wafted directly into the sweet hereafter by lightning express.

Synonyms

 * Elysian Fields