I Would Have No Desire Other Than

Oh! How Seldom The Soul Is Silent, In Order That God May Speak.

Violent Excitement Exhausts The Mind And Leaves It Withered And Sterile.

God Is So Good That He Only Awaits Our Desire To Overwhelm Us With The Gift Of Himself.

There Are Two Principal Points Of Attention Necessary For The Preservation Of This Constant Spirit Of Prayer Which Unites Us With God; We Must Continually Seek To Cherish It, And We Must Avoid Everything That Tends To Make Us Lose It.

As A General Rule, Those Truths Which We Highly Relish, And Which Shed A Degree Of Practical Light Upon The Things Which We Are Required To Give Up For God, Are Leadings Of Divine Grace, Which We Should Follow Without Hesitation.