'Then all the vagueness passes

Then all the vagueness passes away from the teachings

If you are outside a Catholic cathedral, with its fine stained-glass windows — the figures on painted the windows look dim, dull, and obscure — mere blotches of vague colors. You cannot see the artistic designs, the noble representations, the delicate shading. But if you go inside the building — the windows reveal themselves to you in all their exquisite loveliness.

There is no more haziness about them. The figures appear in clear outline, in all their artistic beauty. The scenes are pictured so distinctly, that they seem almost like-life. From outside — all is vague and dim and shadowy. But from within — all is clear, plain, shining in rich beauty.

This illustrates the story of many people's experience of Christian truth. When they think of it from outside, having yet no experience of it — it all seems misty and vague. They cannot understand it. They cannot see any beauty in it.

Then they pass within the sacred temple of Divine truth. They become followers of Christ, children of God. They yield their hearts to the Holy Spirit and begin to do the will of their Father. Then all the vagueness passes away from the teachings .

"Whoever has My commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves Me. He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I too will love him and reveal Myself to him." John 14:21

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