Whatever may be my uncertainty as to the authenticity of what we are taught to call revelation, of one in fact I am deeply and horribly convinced, that there does exist beyond this spiritual world – a system whose workings are generally in mercy hidden from us – a system which may be, and which is sometimes, partially and terribly revealed. I am sure – I know … that there is a God – a dreadful God – and that retribution follows guilt, in ways the most mysterious and stupendous – by agencies the most inexplicable and terrific; - there is a spiritual system – great God, how I have been convinced! – a system malignant and implacable, and omnipotent, under whose persecutions I am, and have been, suffering the torments of the damned!