and all the rest was chaos and the pit.

There never had been, never would be, a kingdom of God on earth, but only a few scattered individuals, each selfishly intent on the salvation of his own soul--without organisation, without unity, without common purpose, without even a masonic sign whereby to know one another when they chanced to meet.

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except Shibboleths which the hypocrite could ape, and virtues which the heathen have performed.