| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: truth."
If Paul would not give in to the false apostles, much less ought we to give
in to our opponents. I know that a Christian should be humble, but against
the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have
you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine." Such pride
against the Pope is imperative, for if we are not stout and proud we shall
never succeed in defending the article of the righteousness of faith.
If the Pope would concede that God alone by His grace through Christ
justifies sinners, we would carry him in our arms, we would kiss his feet.
But since we cannot obtain this concession, we will give in to nobody, not to
all the angels in heaven, not to Peter, not to Paul, not to a hundred
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson: dog, with one eye ever on the audience, has been wheedled into
slavery, and praised and patted into the renunciation of his
nature. Once he ceased hunting and became man's plate-licker, the
Rubicon was crossed. Thenceforth he was a gentleman of leisure;
and except the few whom we keep working, the whole race grew more
and more self-conscious, mannered and affected. The number of
things that a small dog does naturally is strangely small.
Enjoying better spirits and not crushed under material cares, he is
far more theatrical than average man. His whole life, if he be a
dog of any pretension to gallantry, is spent in a vain show, and in
the hot pursuit of admiration. Take out your puppy for a walk, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling:
This is Taman, the God of all Er-Heb,
Who was before all Gods, and made all Gods,
And presently will break the Gods he made,
And step upon the Earth to govern men
Who give him milk-dry ewes and cheat his Priests,
Or leave his shrine unlighted -- as Er-Heb
Left it unlighted and forgot Taman,
When all the Valley followed after Kysh
And Yabosh, little Gods but very wise,
And from the sky Taman beheld their sin.
Verses 1889-1896 |
