He (the Hater) reached the threshold
of eternity and found the doorway of the worlds not only open but clearly
ripped away. He strained to hear the everlasting wail, the eternal dying which
he loved. All was silent. Then he heard the Song.
“No,” he cried. “Give me back the
door and key for this is my domain.” He felt again and found the great key at
his waist had disappeared.
“Where is the key? Where is the
key?” the Hater cried. But all the while the Hater knew. Each man on Terra had
a key. And never could they come into the Canyon of the Damned unless they
chose to do it. To live there, men would have to reject the Song. . .
This is the victory that Christ won. Death no longer has
dominion. Life has been established as the stronger. Only those who reject life
and embrace death will receive eternal separation from God. As Miller so aptly
puts it in an imaginary conversation between a man and God,
“God, can you be merciful and send
me off to hell and lock me in forever?”
“No, Pilgrim, I will not send you
there, but if you chose to go there, I could never lock you out.”
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