W. When I was as thou art. Thou wilt know what walls I have recommended, when thou inquirest why I sought to wear my wide brim, and my drab coat without buttons, as thou seest others. Thou wilt understand, that pure and undefiled wisdom does not consist in what thou sayest, or what thou wearest, but in works of good to the needy. I was what I was, but what I once was, that I am not. M. Would it not have been better for thee than thy change? W. Had it not been for the change, I would have been now as thou art; but I saw an error, and I forsook it. Wouldst thou have me do otherwise? M. Nay; but art thou sure now thou art right? W. I am sure I am not wrong. M. How so? W. Because I am more free, more happy, and less in bondage. M. Thou talkest strange things. When wast thou in bondage? W. When I sought righteousness, because of hope and fear. M. That is not bondage. W. What, then, is bondage? M. Subjection to the will of another, who is master over thee. W. That is right. Thou wilt see I was subject to the control of hope and fear. I was subject to my master, who said, “Do this, or not do that,” and who told me what he would do to me, if I disobeyed. Minds are now serving many masters in this castle, through fear of their displeasure. M. Minds, in this castle, serve many masters? Whom do we serve, but God? W. Thou servest whomsoever thou obeyest. M. True: but no mind can serve two masters. W. Thou shouldst have said, except he hate the one and love the other. When thou doest right, whom dost thou serve? M. Thou knowest, when a mind does right, it serves God. W. When thou doest wrong, whom dost thou serve? M. The devil. W. Thou hast done good. M. I trust I have. W. Hast thou done evil? M. Alas! Thou knowest, all have sinned. W. Then, when thou hast done good, thou hast served God, and when thou hast done evil, thou sayest, thou hast served the devil. Are there not two masters whom thou hast served? M. Thou wilt have it so. W. And thou wouldst not have me take thy word with distrust? M. I would not serve two masters. W. But thou hast, and what thou hast done, others may do. When thou servest God, good cometh unto thee, but when thou doest wrong, evil is in thy path. No mind serveth God without good, and no mind doeth wrong without evil. The service of God is good, because it consists in doing good to thyself, or others; but the service of the devil is evil, because it consists in doing evil to thyself, or others. M. But when I do good, evil is present with me. W. When thou doest good, because thou lovest the good of others as thyself, evil will depart from thee, and thy soul will not mourn. But when thou doest good, because thou wouldst please thyself by receiving the money with interest in return, thou mayest well say, “evil is present with me.” M. Thou knowest that thy reproof will apply to an apostle of Jesus Christ. W. I know that, when thou doest good to others, evil is not present with thee.