'You have done better than these others. Is there not one who waits outside? Let him come in.'
The 'General' entered, and fell on the floor at His feet, crying, 'Lord, Lord!'
He said: 'What would you have of Me?'
'Nothing, Lord, nothing, except that You would hide from me the anger which is on Your face!'
'You also are of the company of those who would administer the kingdom of heaven as if it were their own. So that God must learn of men, not men of God! You call yourselves His children, yet seek not to know what is in the Father's heart, but exclaim of the great things which are in yours, forgetting that the wisdom of God is not as the wisdom of men. So came sin and death into the world, and still prevail. Rise. Call not so often on My Name, nor proclaim it so loudly in the market-place. Seek yourself to know Me. Take no heed to speak of Me foolishly to others, for God is sufficient unto each man for his own salvation.'
He arose, and the 'General' also. He said to Mr. Treadman and to Mr. Jebb:
'You foolish fellows! To think that God needs to be advised of men! Consider what God is; then consider what is man.' He turned to the lame man and to the charcoal-burner. 'Come! For there is that to do which must be done.'
When He had left the room the 'General' stole after Him. Mr. Jebb spoke to Mr. Treadman.
'You and I are a pair of fools!'
'Why do you say that?'