| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: Siegers, the father. Mr. Siegers' (the son's) over-
whelming voice, in brassy blasts, as though he had
been trying to articulate his words through a trom-
bone, was expressing his great regret at a conduct
characterised by a very marked want of discre-
tion. . . As I lived I was being lectured too! His
deafening gibberish was difficult to follow, but it
was MY conduct--mine!--that . . . Damn! I
wasn't going to stand this.
"What on earth are you driving at?" I asked
in a passion. I put my hat on my head (he never
Falk |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: idea that they are right when they follow after the Law and outwardly
perform its requirements.
Although the Law has many children, they are not free. They are slaves. As
servants they cannot have a share in the inheritance, but are driven from
the house as Ishmael was cast out of the house of Abraham. In fact the
servants of the Law are even now barred from the kingdom of light and
liberty, for "he that believeth not, is condemned already." (John 3:18.) As
the servants of the Law they remain under the curse of the Law, under sin
and death, under the power of the devil, and under the wrath and
judgment of God.
On the other hand, Sarah, the free Church, seems barren. The Gospel of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Land that Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs: At sight of us they turned with bared fangs and low growls to
confront us. I did not wish to fire among them unless it became
absolutely necessary, and so I started to lead my party around
them; but the instant that the Neanderthal man guessed my
intention, he evidently attributed it to cowardice upon our part,
and with a wild cry he leaped toward us, waving his cudgel above
his head. The others followed him, and in a minute we should have
been overwhelmed. I gave the order to fire, and at the first
volley six of them went down, including the Neanderthal man.
The others hesitated a moment and then broke for the trees, some
running nimbly among the branches, while others lost themselves
The Land that Time Forgot |
