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direction only, we shall not be, by any means, such
perfect beings as if we employ all—all in the same
service, that of our Heavenly Master—and all with
a desire to forward His work. Does he see what
the strong gate significth ? even as the man had

 

no need to prepare to force a passage through, so
have we no need to work and plan our own
entrance into life: the Master will look to His own
servants at that solemn hour.”

I listened, only half-convinced ; it is so much
easicr to go into extremes than to take the middle
course. J promised that I would come again the
following evening, and sct out accordingly, deter-
mined to have a long talk on the subject, yet still
inclined to think that mine was the higher idea of
life.