t was the Saviour in whom men
believed become historical, since he affected the world's history
through the hearts of men. He whom the books present may not be for
all men; He who lives in men's hearts is for all. That is the secret
of the Saviour's undying power: He is for each man just what that man
needs. We read in the Gospels that Jesus appeared at different times
and to different men in different forms. That should be a warning to
us to let every man have his own Jesus. As long as it is the Jesus of
love and trust, it is the right Jesus.

It often happened that during the prisoner's composition and writing, a
wider, softer light from the window spread through the cell, flickered
over the wall, the floor, the table, and then rested for a space on the
white paper. And so light even entered the lonely room, but
unspeakably more light entered the writer's heart.

The gaoler saw little of the writing. Directly he rattled his keys, it
was hidden under the sheet--just as children hide their treasures from
intrusive eyes. When five or six weeks had gone by, hundreds of
written sheets lay there.

Konrad placed them in a cover and wrote on it

I.N.R.I.

CHAPTER I

When darkness covers the world men look gladly towards the east. There
light dawns. All lights come from out of the east. And the races of
men are said to have come hither from that quarter. There is an
ancient book, in which is written the beginning of things and of men.
The book came from the nation of the Jews, and the old Jews were called
the people of God, for they recognised only one eternal God. And great
men and holy prophets arose in that nation. The greatest of them was
named Moses, and it is written that he it was who brought down to men
the Ten Commandments. But the Jews fell on evil times, they sank lower
and lower and were heavily oppressed by stronger nations. Like us,
they suffered poverty and curses and despair, and this lasted for a
thousand years and more. Prophets appeared from time to time, and with
words of mercy announced that a Saviour would come to lead the Jews
into the kingdom of glory. For that Saviour they waited many hundreds
of years. Oftentimes one would appear whom they took for Him, but they
were deceived. And when at last the real Saviour, the real, mighty
Saviour appeared, they did not recognise Him. For He was different
from what they had imagined.

Shall I try to tell how it happened, ju