| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: CHAPTER VII.
The chilling rains of November and December's flurry of snow had passed and
mid-winter with its icy blasts had set in. The Black Forest had changed
autumn's gay crimson and yellow to the somber hue of winter and now looked
indescribably dreary. An ice gorge had formed in the bend of the river at the
head of the island and from bank to bank logs, driftwood, broken ice and giant
floes were packed and jammed so tightly as to resist the action of the mighty
current. This natural bridge would remain solid until spring had loosened the
frozen grip of old winter. The hilly surrounding Fort Henry were white with
snow. The huge drifts were on a level with Col. Zane's fence and in some
places the top rail had disappeared. The pine trees in the yard were weighted
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Smalcald Articles by Dr. Martin Luther: sinners are not admitted to the Sacrament and other communion
of the Church until they amend their lives and avoid sin. And
ministers ought not to mingle secular punishments with this
ecclesiastical punishment, or excommunication.
X. Of Ordination and the Call.
If the bishops would be true bishops [would rightly discharge
their office], and would devote themselves to the Church and
the Gospel, it might be granted to them for the sake of love
and unity, but not from necessity, to ordain and confirm us
and our preachers; omitting, however, all comedies and
spectacular display [deceptions, absurdities, and appearances]
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the
locksmith was near despair. But this last was a handy fellow, and
after two hour's work, the door stood open. The press marked E
was unlocked; and I took out the drawer, had it filled up with
straw and tied in a sheet, and returned with it to Cavendish
Square.
Here I proceeded to examine its contents. The powders were
neatly enough made up, but not with the nicety of the dispensing
chemist; so that it was plain they were of Jekyll's private
manufacture: and when I opened one of the wrappers I found what
seemed to me a simple crystalline salt of a white colour. The
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