| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth." They repented. Nowhere in the Book of Jonah do you read that the
Ninevites received the Law of Moses, or that they were circumcised, or that
they offered sacrifices.
All this happened long before Christ was born. If the Gentiles were justified
without the Law and quietly received the Holy Spirit at a time when the Law
was in full force, why should the Law count unto righteousness now, now that
Christ has fulfilled the Law?
And yet many devote much time and labor to the Law, to the decrees of the
fathers, and to the traditions of the Pope. Many of these specialists have
incapacitated themselves for any kind of work, good or bad, by their rigorous
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
Section 8. The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties,
Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence
and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises
shall be uniform throughout the United States;
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States,
and with the Indian Tribes;
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws
on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin,
The United States Constitution |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Three Taverns by Edwin Arlington Robinson: We may again be seen to be the few
That we have always been. These are the days
When men forget the stars, and are forgotten.
BURR
But why forget them? They're the same that winked
Upon the world when Alcibiades
Cut off his dog's tail to induce distinction.
There are dogs yet, and Alcibiades
Is not forgotten.
HAMILTON
Yes, there are dogs enough,
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