and there is the doctrine of truth--it is by the latter that we are
led into a knowledge of truth."

"But how are we to find truth? How are we to become elevated into
that region of light in which the mind sees clearly?"

"We must learn the way, before we can go from one place to another."

"Yes."

"If we would find truth, we must first learn the way, or the
doctrine of truth; for doctrine, or that which illustrates the mind,
is like a natural path or way, along which we walk to the object we
desire to reach."

"Still, I do not find the answer to my question. What or where is
truth?"

"It often happens that we expect a very different reply to the query
we make, from the one which in the end is received--an answer in no
way flattering to self-love, or in harmony with our life-purpose.
And when I answer you in the words of Him who, spake as never man
spoke--'I am the way, the _truth_, and the life,' I cannot expect my
words to meet your state of earnest expectation--to be really
_light_ to your mind."

"No, they are not light--at least, not clear light," said Mr.
Markland, in rather a disappointed tone. "If I understand the drift
of what you have said, it is that the world has no truth but what
stands in some relation to God, who is the source of all truth."