Notwithstanding all that thou hast done, and all thou still art, He will
not deny His own words, or do otherwise than at once fulfil them all to
thee. Ask, then, and it shall be given thee; seek, and thou shalt find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto thee. And with a great goodwill, He
will say to those that stand by Him, Take away the filthy garments from
him. And to thee He will say, Behold, I have caused all thine iniquity
to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
GOODWILL, THE GATEKEEPER
'Goodwill.'--Luke 2. 14.
'So in process of time Christian got up to the gate. Now there was
written over the gate, _Knock_, _and it shall be opened unto you_. He
knocked, therefore, more than once or twice, saying, May I now enter
here? when at last there came a grave person to the gate, named Goodwill,
who asked him who was there?' The gravity of the gatekeeper was the
first thing that struck the pilgrim. And it was the same thing that so
struck some of the men who saw most of our Lord that they handed down to
their children the true tradition that He was often seen in tears, but
that no one had ever seen or heard Him laugh.
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