| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: think Christian Science ought to sound like."
"Or theosophy," Aunt Mildred volunteered. "Some message to a neophyte."
"Go on, read the rest," her husband commanded.
"This puts you in touch with the mightier spirits," Lute read. "You shall
become one with us, and your name shall be 'Arya,' and you shall--Conqueror
20, Empire 12, Columbia Mountain 18, Midway 140--and, and that is all. Oh, no!
here's a last flourish, Arya, from Kandor--that must surely be the Mahatma."
"I'd like to have you explain that theosophy stuff on the basis of the
subconscious mind, Chris," Uncle Robert challenged.
Chris shrugged his shoulders. "No explanation. You must have got a message
intended for some one else."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Large Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther: the water comprehended in God's ordinance? Hence it follows that
whoever rejects Baptism rejects the Word of God, faith, and Christ, who
directs us thither and binds us to Baptism.
In the third place since we have learned the great benefit and power of
Baptism, let us see further who is the person that receives what
Baptism gives and profits. This is again most beautifully and clearly
expressed in the words: He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved. That is, faith alone makes the person worthy to receive
profitably the saving, divine water. For, since these blessings are
here presented and promised in the words in and with the water, they
cannot be received in any other way than by believing them with the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Aspern Papers by Henry James: be brutal and my idea was still to exclude brutal solutions.
As my confusion cooled I was lost in wonder at the importance I
had attached to Miss Bordereau's crumpled scraps; the thought
of them became odious to me, and I was as vexed with the old
witch for the superstition that had prevented her from destroying
them as I was with myself for having already spent more money
than I could afford in attempting to control their fate.
I forget what I did, where I went after leaving the Lido
and at what hour or with what recovery of composure I made
my way back to my boat. I only know that in the afternoon,
when the air was aglow with the sunset, I was standing
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