| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen: sat there, nodded his head, and said, "Look, what beautiful dancing shoes!"
Then she was terrified, and wanted to fling off the red shoes, but they clung
fast; and she pulled down her stockings, but the shoes seemed to have grown to
her feet. And she danced, and must dance, over fields and meadows, in rain and
sunshine, by night and day; but at night it was the most fearful.
She danced over the churchyard, but the dead did not dance--they had
something better to do than to dance. She wished to seat herself on a poor
man's grave, where the bitter tansy grew; but for her there was neither peace
nor rest; and when she danced towards the open church door, she saw an angel
standing there. He wore long, white garments; he had wings which reached from
his shoulders to the earth; his countenance was severe and grave; and in his
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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 The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: own--and to conduct his teaching along the simple lines of their belief, so
that when he stimulated and developed their minds he could pass from what they
knew to the unknown Christianity of the white man.
His first address to the Indians was made one day during the indisposition of
Mr. Wells--who had been over-working himself-and the absence of the other
missionaries. He did not consider himself at all ready for preaching, and
confined his efforts to simple, earnest talk, a recital of the thoughts he had
assimilated while living here among the Indians.
Amazement would not have described the state of his feelings when he learned
that he had made a powerful impression. The converts were loud in his praise;
the unbelievers silent and thoughtful. In spite of himself, long before he had
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