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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: that
I thought often of them in that way. Perhaps my heart was
set upon that too much. But there are other things--my endowment
for
the college--my steady and liberal contributions to all the
established charities--my support of every respectable--"
"Wait," said the Keeper of the Gate again. "Were not all these
carefully recorded on earth where they would add to your credit?
They were not foolishly done. Verily, you have had your reward
for them.
Would you be paid twice?"
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