They, Therefore, Who Are Hasty In Their

The Sun Meets Not The Springing Bud That Stretches Towards Him With Half The Certainty That God, The Source Of All Good, Communicates Himself To The Soul That Longs To Partake Of Him.

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.

Feasts And Business And Pleasure And Enjoyments Seem Great Things To Us, Whilst We Think Of Nothing Else; But As Soon As We Add Death To Them They All Sink Into An Equal Littleness.

If, Therefore, A Man Will So Live As To Show That He Feels And Believes The Most Fundamental Doctrines Of Christianity, He Must Live Above The World.

Man Needs To Be Saved From His Own Wisdom As Much As From His Own Righteousness, For They Produce One And The Same Corruption. Nothing Saves A Man From His Own Righteousness, But That Which Delivers Him From His Own Wisdom.