The modern devil, his play between the false and the good; . re these F inquired Man-of-the-World. THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YE IN IT These are the marks of the Saviours feet. He passed thisway bearing our cross, the burden of which caused these impres-sions to be made, which the iconoclastic instruments of cen-turies have been powerless to efface. Thou art but taking thepath He trod, explained the Angel. Man-of-the-World, grasping the truth of the Angels teach-ing, turned to his wife, and I heard her say: T is not the things we have, you know,That count us good and true. Then, with a spirit that
The modern devil, his play between the false and the good; . re these F inquired Man-of-the-World. THIS IS THE WAY, WALK YE IN IT These are the marks of the Saviours feet. He passed thisway bearing our cross, the burden of which caused these impres-sions to be made, which the iconoclastic instruments of cen-turies have been powerless to efface. Thou art but taking thepath He trod, explained the Angel. Man-of-the-World, grasping the truth of the Angels teach-ing, turned to his wife, and I heard her say: T is not the things we have, you know,That count us good and true. Then, with a spirit that had learned the secret of self-mastery,I beheld him look toward the Cross as he prayed: Lord Jesus, give unto us, Thy weak children, the power ofwhich Thy Angel speaks, that together we may take this waywith patience and self-denial, looking unto Thee, who art theauthor and finisher of our faith. When Satan heard his former victim pray, he began to shootarrows of doubt regarding its being answered, but the Angel,who knew the Archfiends subtlety, whispered:. MAN-OF-THE-WORLD UNDER THE LIGHTS 477 ^^Thy prayer shall receive an answer; for tby God liatlipromised that the petition of faith shall be honored. Faintthou not. The past is at an end, and a future of blessing hasopened. * And can no one hinder 1 ^No one, if thou dost trust God and cling to God. He willnot suffer thee to fail. So I saw that both came over the Hard Road of Sacrifice intothe Way of Peace and Trust, and that an abounding joy filledtheir souls as they went on. As they journeyed on, they came to a small house by the roadwhich had been built by the King. It stood upon a hill calledProspect; and at the word of the prophet they entered. ^This hath been erected for the help of all pilgrims passingthis way, he explained. There is a goodly view from here, said Man-of-the-World;for in the distance could be seen the Hill-lands of Faith, andfrom all points of vision the Cross was in sight. Entering the house, the prophet
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