It
cleanses as well as illustrates."
Mr. Markland bent his head in a thoughtful attitude, and walked on
in silence. Mr. Allison continued:
"The more of truth we admit into our minds, the higher becomes our
discriminating power. It not only gives the ability to know
ourselves, but to know others. All our mental faculties come into a
more vigorous activity."
"Truth! What is truth?" said Mr. Markland, looking up, and speaking
in a tone of earnest inquiry.
"Truth is the mind's light," returned Mr. Allison, "and it comes to
us from Him who said 'Let there be light, and there was light,' and
who afterward said, 'I am the light of the world.' There is truth,
and there is the doctrine of truth--it is by the latter that we are
led into a knowledge of truth."
"But how are we to find truth? How are we to become elevated into
that region of light in which the mind sees clearly?"
"We must learn the way, before we can go from one place to another."
"Yes."
"If we would find truth, we must first learn the way, or the
doctrine of truth; for doctrine, or that which illustrates the mind,
is like a natural path or way, along which we walk to the object we
desire to reach.
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