If so, I will gladly serve
thee, for I love to give light to an honest heart."
"I see nothing more now that gives me trouble. These glasses, which
I got through the kindness of Mr. World, have helped me to understand
your interpretation so that the rest of the chapter is quite clear to
me."
"And how does the whole Bible appear since thy sight is so improved
by those fortunate lenses?"
"It certainly appears vastly different," she confessed. "It is so much
more liberal in its teachings than I ever before imagined."
"_Hast thou become so far advanced that thou canst, with thy more
comprehensive view, distinguish between the inspired and the uninspired
parts?_" asked the shining one with an air of dignity.
"Not clearly so, although I have recently doubted the genuineness of
some parts which still hold their place in the book."
"Thou art coming to the true light," he flatteringly replied. "Blessed
is the event that ever changed thine eyes to see so great a truth. Oh,
that all the world might thus drink from the fountain of knowledge!"
"When will the time ever come that the Bible will be rid of its errors?"
impatiently broke in Mr.
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