| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard: dangers that had been almost crushing on the previous day.
And so we went on cheerily till about eleven o'clock. Just as
we were thinking of halting as usual, to rest and try to shoot
something to eat, a sudden bend in the river brought us in sight
of a substantial-looking European house with a veranda round
it, splendidly situated upon a hill, and surrounded by a high
stone wall with a ditch on the outer side. Right against and
overshadowing the house was an enormous pine, the tope of which
we had seen through a glass for the last two days, but of course
without knowing that it marked the site of the mission station.
I was the first to see the house, and could not restrain myself
Allan Quatermain |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: Angie said it again, Tessie wet her lips. Her cheeks were
smeared with tears and dirt. Her hair was wild and her blouse
awry. "DONNAY-MA-UN-MORSO-DOO-PANG," she articulated
painfully. And in that moment, as she put her hand in that of
Chuck Mory, across the ocean, her face was very beautiful with
contentment.
Long Distance
[1919]
Chet Ball was painting a wooden chicken yellow. The wooden
chicken was mounted on a six-by-twelve board. The board was
mounted on four tiny wheels. The whole would eventually be
One Basket |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells: responsible minister of my King. I take sides against injustice,
disorder, and against all those temporal kings, emperors, princes,
landlords, and owners, who set themselves up against God's rule and
worship. Kings, owners, and all who claim rule and decisions in the
world's affairs, must either show themselves clearly the fellow-
servants of the believer or become the objects of his steadfast
antagonism.
2. THE WILL OF GOD
It is here that those who explain this modern religiosity will seem
most arbitrary to the inquirer. For they relate of God, as men will
relate of a close friend, his dispositions, his apparent intentions,
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