“Now, Hall——”
“Yes, I believe in the full and final triumph of good. Why else should Christ have descended into hell to preach to the spirits in prison there? He had surely some hope or promise to give, or He would not have gone. I hope I may at least have the same divine charity which is expressed in one of the most ancient Persian hymns.”
“Do you know the hymn, Mr. Hall?” I asked.
“I know the lines I refer to.”
“Will you repeat them?”
“In the translation I possess, they read thus:
‘Ormuzd grant me the grace, the joy of seeing
Him who makes the Evil, be brought to comprehend
The purity of the Heart. Grant that I may see the
Great Chief of the Evil Ones, loving nothing but holiness;