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people may find they have to wait in the hall for a considerable time, while
others feel certain almost at once which door they must knock at. I do not
know why there is this difference, but I am sure God keeps no one waiting
unless He sees that it is good for him to wait. When you do get into your
room you will find that the long wait has done you some kind of good which
you would not have had otherwise. But you must regard it as waiting, not as
camping. You must keep on praying for light: and, of course, even in the
hall, you must begin trying to obey the rules which are common to the whole
house. And above all you must be asking which door is the true one; not
which pleases you best by its paint and panelling. In plain language, the
question should never be: 'Do I like that kind of service?' but 'Are these
doctrines true: Is holiness here? Does my conscience move me towards this?
Is my reluctance to knock at this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or
my personal dislike of this particular door-keeper?'
When you have reached your own room, be kind to those who have chosen
different doors and to those who are still in the hall. If they are wrong
they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you
are under orders to pray for them. That is one of the rules common to the
whole house.



Preface

BOOK I. RIGHT AND WRONG AS A CLUE TO THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE

The Law of Human Nature Some Objections The Reality of the Law What
Lies Behind the Law We Have Cause to be Uneasy

BOOK 2. WHAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE

The Rival Conceptions of God
The Invasion
The Shocking Alternative
The Perfect Penitent
The Practical Conclusion

BOOK 3. CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOUR

The Three Parts of Morality
The 'Cardinal Virtues'

Social MoralityBOOK 3 - CONTINUED

Morality and Psychoanalysis
Sexual Morality
Christian Marriage
Forgiveness
The Great Sin
Charity