| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Snow Image by Nathaniel Hawthorne: animated discourse. It was but of brief continuance, however, for
a noise of shouting, which had long been remotely audible, drew
so much nearer that Robin inquired its cause.
"What may be the meaning of this uproar?" asked he. "Truly, if
your town be always as noisy, I shall find little sleep while I
am an inhabitant."
"Why, indeed, friend Robin, there do appear to be three or four
riotous fellows abroad to-night," replied the gentleman. "You
must not expect all the stillness of your native woods here in
our streets. But the watch will shortly be at the heels of these
lads and--"
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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: This is Hebrew phraseology, also used by Paul in II Corinthians, chapter 3.
There Paul speaks of two ministers: The minister of the letter, and the
minister of the spirit; the minister of the Law, and the minister of grace;
the minister of death, and the minister of life. "Moses," says Paul, "is the
minister of the Law, of sin, wrath, death, and condemnation."
Whoever teaches that good works are indispensable unto salvation, that
to gain heaven a person must suffer afflictions and follow the example of
Christ and of the saints, is a minister of the Law, of sin, wrath, and of
death, for the conscience knows how impossible it is for a person to fulfill
the Law. Why, the Law makes trouble even for those who have the Holy
Spirit. What will not the Law do in the case of the wicked who do not
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: After a few minutes, however, I could see that he did not take note
of anything around him, and so ventured to draw nearer to him,
the more so as my men had now crossed the wall and were closing him in.
I heard him say. . .
"I am here to do your bidding, Master. I am your slave, and you will
reward me, for I shall be faithful. I have worshipped you long and afar off.
Now that you are near, I await your commands, and you will not pass me by,
will you, dear Master, in your distribution of good things?"
He is a selfish old beggar anyhow. He thinks of the loaves
and fishes even when he believes his is in a real Presence.
His manias make a startling combination. When we closed
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