| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: MAT 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since
the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
MAT 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no
flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
MAT 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there; believe it not.
MAT 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and
shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,
they shall deceive the very elect.
MAT 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
MAT 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: among Siberian snow-fields, yet rising again and
again with inextinguishable reiteration; appeals
for political freedom, for constitutional govern-
ment, for better systems and wider dissemination
of education, for liberty of the Press, and for an
enlightened treatment of the masses, callously re-
ceived and rejected. The answer with which
these appeals have been met by the rulers of Rus-
sia is only too well known to the civilised world,
but the obduracy of Pharoah has called forth the
plagues of Egypt. Despite the unrivalled
The Forged Coupon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott: the appearance of General Browne, who seemed the guest that Lord
Woodville was desirous of honouring above all whom his
hospitality had assembled around him. He more than once
expressed surprise at the General's absence, and at length sent a
servant to make inquiry after him. The man brought back
information that General Browne had been walking abroad since an
early hour of the morning, in defiance of the weather, which was
misty and ungenial.
"The custom of a soldier," said the young nobleman to his
friends. "Many of them acquire habitual vigilance, and cannot
sleep after the early hour at which their duty usually commands
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