The modern devil, his play between the false and the good; . undis-turbed by considerations other than those for your own comfortand peace, this place, into which good Self-Love hath led you,hath been provided.* The old keeper, with a grin upon his wrinkled face, noddedhis head in confirmation of Deceptions words. THERE IS A GRANDER LIFE Suddenly the door opened, and there stood Determination,whom many had come to know by name. Both disgust and cha-grin showed themselves upon the faces of Self-Love and Decep-tion. Let the young man speak! cried many voices. Let himstate his mission! Amid words
The modern devil, his play between the false and the good; . undis-turbed by considerations other than those for your own comfortand peace, this place, into which good Self-Love hath led you,hath been provided.* The old keeper, with a grin upon his wrinkled face, noddedhis head in confirmation of Deceptions words. THERE IS A GRANDER LIFE Suddenly the door opened, and there stood Determination,whom many had come to know by name. Both disgust and cha-grin showed themselves upon the faces of Self-Love and Decep-tion. Let the young man speak! cried many voices. Let himstate his mission! Amid words of protest from Self-Love and his plausible col-league. Determination said: The story of the heart is recorded upon the face; and I be-hold lines of disappointment drawn upon the countenances ofthose here gathered. There is a grander life than that which is here taught. TheChrist whose shining Cross yet stands beyond the hills whichcloud this valley, lived to bear the wealth of loves blessing to allmankind. He went about doing good. He taught, and experi-. 145 THE HOUSE OF SELFISHNESS 147 ence hath i3roved the truth of His words, that those vrho keeplife but for themselves shall lose its joys. There can no hann comein beholding the Cross except to disturb the hurtful complacencyof this life. To-morrow at day-break, we shall cross the Hills ofDelusion and behold the splendid vision of the Cross, so left the place. These words of the stranger broke up the repose of spirit intowhich many of this house had drifted; and the desire upon thepart of them to look beyond, the hills, put at naught the persua-sions of Self-Love and Deception which quickly followed theannouncement of Determination. EVANGELIST LEADS A PILGRIMAGE Evangelist, who had learned through the Angel, of Determina-tions labors, gathered a number of faithful men, among whomwas Whole-Soul, and started with the desire of facilitating theefforts of this servant of God. We shall seek the summit ofthe
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