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222 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1893
“Beauty was lovely and Love was very sweet; and if I choose Truth, it is like the stars, eternal.”
And Jehovah spake once more and asked me:
“Have you chosen?”
And my thoughts were many, my thoughts warred mightily within me, and I answered:
“Beauty was like a morning glow.” And when I had said this I whispered and said: “Love was also sweet and glorious like a little star in my soul.”
But then I felt Jehovah’s eye on me, and Jehovah’s eye read my thoughts. And for the third time Jehovah asked and said:
“Have you chosen?”
And when He said for the third time: “Have you chosen?” my eyes stared with terror, yes, all my strength had left me. And when He said for the last time: “Have you chosen?” I remembered Beauty and Love and remembered them both, and I answered Jehovah:
“I choose Truth!”