Death Is Not More Certainly A Separation

Follow Christ In The Denial Of All The Wills Of Self, And Then All Is Put Away That Separates You From God; The Heaven Born New Creature Will Come To Life In You, Which Alone Knows And Enjoys The Things Of God, And Has His Daily Food Of Gladness In That Manifold Blessed, And Blessed, Which Christ Preached On The Mount.

If Our Life Is Not A Course Of Humility, Self-denial, Renunciation Of The World, Poverty Of Spirit, And Heavenly Affection, We Do Not Live The Lives Of Christians.

This Is The State Of All Creatures, Whether Men Or Angels; As They Make Not Themselves, So They Enjoy Nothing From Themselves; If They Are Great, It Must Be Only As Great Receivers Of The Gifts Of God; Their Power Can Only Be So Much Of The Divine Power Acting In Them; Their Wisdom Can Be Only So Much Of The Divine Wisdom Shining Within Them; And Their Light And Glory, Only So Much Of The Light And Glory Of God Shining Upon Them.

What Can You Conceive More Silly And Extravagant Than To Suppose A Man Racking His Brains, And Studying Night And Day How To Fly? ... Wearying Himself With Climbing Upon Every Ascent, ... Bruising Himself With Continual Falls, And At Last Breaking His Neck? And All This, From An Imagination That It Would Be Glorious To Have The Eyes Of People Looking Up At Him, And Mighty Happy To Eat, And Drink, And Sleep, At The Top Of The Highest Trees In The Kingdom.

Let Every Creature Have Your Love. Love, With Its Fruits Of Meekness, Patience, And Humility, Is All That We Can Wish For Ourselves And Our Fellow Creatures. For This Is To Live In God, United With Him, Both For Time And Eternity. To Desire To Communicate Good To Everyone, In The Degree That We Can And To Which Each Person Is Capable Of Receiving From Us, Is A Divine Temper, For Thus God Stands Unchangeably Disposed Towards The Whole Creation.