| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: there is upon earth a little holy group and congregation of pure
saints, under one head, even Christ, called together by the Holy Ghost
in one faith, one mind, and understanding, with manifold gifts, yet
agreeing in love, without sects or schisms. I am also a part and member
of the same a sharer and joint owner of all the goods it possesses,
brought to it and incorporated into it by the Holy Ghost by having
heard and continuing to hear the Word of God, which is the beginning of
entering it. For formerly, before we had attained to this, we were
altogether of the devil, knowing nothing of God and of Christ. Thus,
until the last day, the Holy Ghost abides with the holy congregation or
Christendom, by means of which He fetches us to Christ and which He
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: He had seen so much of it. His partners had starved and died on
the Stewart. Hundreds of old-timers had failed to locate on
Bonanza and Eldorado, while Swedes and chechaquos had come in
on the moose-pasture and blindly staked millions. It was life,
and life was a savage proposition at best. Men in civilization
robbed because they were so made. They robbed just as cats
scratched, famine pinched, and frost bit.
So it was that Daylight became a successful financier. He did
not
go in for swindling the workers. Not only did he not have the
heart for it, but it did not strike him as a sporting
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) by Dante Alighieri: Is holy, and that nothing there is done
But is done zealously and well? Deem now,
What change in thee the song, and what my smile
had wrought, since thus the shout had pow'r to move thee.
In which couldst thou have understood their prayers,
The vengeance were already known to thee,
Which thou must witness ere thy mortal hour,
The sword of heav'n is not in haste to smite,
Nor yet doth linger, save unto his seeming,
Who in desire or fear doth look for it.
But elsewhere now l bid thee turn thy view;
The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) |
