| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: askance. Here, too, were many of the brick-fronted barracks
of the poor; a plaster cow, perhaps, serving as ensign to a
dairy, or a ticket announcing the business of the mangler.
Before one such house, that stood a little separate among
walled gardens, a cat was playing with a straw, and Challoner
paused a moment, looking on this sleek and solitary creature,
who seemed an emblem of the neighbouring peace. With the
cessation of the sound of his own steps the silence fell
dead; the house stood smokeless: the blinds down, the whole
machinery of life arrested; and it seemed to Challoner that
he should hear the breathing of the sleepers.
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: warehouse. Assiduity and faithfulness in a year raised him to the
position of traveller. Today he prospers in body and soul, retaining
the respect and confidence of all associated with him.
We might multiply these records, but those given show the kind of
results attained.
There's no reason to think that influences which have been blessed of
God to the salvation of these poor fellows will not be equally
efficacious if applied on a wider scale and over a vaster area.
The thing to be noted in all these cases is that it was not the mere
feeding which effected the result; it was the combination of the
feeding with the personal labour for the individual soul. Still, if we
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: congealed at their nostrils. I have seen the brandy in my
flask change into hard stone, on which not even my knife
could make an impression. But my sleigh flew like the
wind. Not an obstacle on the plain, white and level farther
than the eye could reach! No rivers to stop one! Hard
ice everywhere, the route open, the road sure! But at the
price of what suffering, Nadia, those alone could say, who
have never returned, but whose bodies have been covered up
by the snow storm."
"However, you have returned, brother," said Nadia.
"Yes, but I am a Siberian, and, when quite a child, I
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: MAT 8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds
of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his
head.
MAT 8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me
first to go and bury my father.
MAT 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury
their dead.
MAT 8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed
him.
MAT 8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch
that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
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