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Chapter 40

           Worldsandkingdoms,supremaciesandpowers!——whatweretheytotheRulerofthemall!‘Gettheehence,Satan!’saidthegolden-soundingVoice;—ah!—gloriousbehest!—happyrespite!—forIreachedtheverygateofHeaventhatnight,andheardtheangelssing!"

           Hisaccentssanktoaninfinitelymournfulcadence.

           "Whathaveyourteachersdonewithmeandmyeternalsorrows?"hewenton—"Havenotthey,andtheunthinkingchurches,proclaimedalieagainstme,sayingthatIrejoiceinevil?Omantowhom,byGod’swillandbecausetheworld’senddrawsnigh,Iunveilaportionofthemysteryofmydoom,learnnowonceandforall,thatthereisnopossiblejoyinevil!—itisthedespairandthediscordoftheUniverse—itisMan’screation—Mytorment—God’ssorrow!Everysinofeveryhumanbeingaddsweighttomytorture,andlengthtomydoom—yetmyoathagainsttheworldmustbekept!Ihavesworntotempt—todomyuttermosttodestroymankind—butmanhasnotsworntoyieldtomytempting.Heisfree!—lethimresistandIdepart;—lethimacceptme,Iremain!EternalJusticehasspoken—Humanity,throughtheteachingofGodmadehuman,mustworkoutitsownredemption—andMine!"

           Here,suddenlyadvancinghestretchedouthishand—hisfiguregrewtaller,vasterandmoremajestic

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