A self-righteous old man decides that until he could find a young man, that by his judgement, was righteous and just, he would not allow anyone to marry his daughter. One day he meets a young man whom he judges to be righteous and just. What he does not know is that this young man is Christ. Christ takes him to a mysterious house which contains the lives of people, in the form of burning candles. When the old man realizes that his candle is about to burn out, he pleads with the young man to exchange his with another, longer candle, thus exposing his egoism.