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Then with striking gestures of his awful arms he passionately continued:
"Hope is no more crushed within me as I view the wide and measureless
field of our possibilities, for I see empires within our reach if we
but cease brooding over our dismal past and let this bright prospect
kindle its flames within us. What spur need we to move us on but to
look up and see the resplendent regions whence we fell, till hatred
starts afresh within our beings and our every passion moves to its
control."
With an outward swing of his great right arm he asked in strong
appealing tones: "How can we best succeed against the church in which
our enemy glories so unceasingly? What inroads can we make? In what
manner shall we advance?"
He vigorously seized a book. "Here is a Bible, borrowed from a saint.
I turned its pages over and over that I might learn what pained the
heart of Christ most grievously, vexing his inmost soul with
indignation. What was it?" vociferously interrogated Fast Devil as he
flung the book to the scorching winds of Hell. "'Twas that which
hindered the cause of Christ most efficiently--_prostituting the house
of God to worldly purposes_.
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