We Must Alter Our Lives In Order

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.

The Greatest Saint In The World Is Not He Who Prays Most Or Fasts Most; It Is Not He Who Gives Alms, Or Is Most Eminent For Temperance, Chastity Or Justice. It Is He Who Is Most Thankful To God.

All The Wants Which Disturb Human Life, Which Make Us Uneasy To Ourselves, Quarrelsome With Others, And Unthankful To God, Which Weary Us In Vain Labors And Foolish Anxieties, Which Carry Us From Project To Project, From Place To Place In A Poor Pursuit Of We Don't Know What, Are The Wants Which Neither God, Nor Nature, Nor Reason Hath Subjected Us To, But Are Solely Infused Into Us By Pride, Envy, Ambition, And Covetousness.

God Seeth Different Abilities And Frailties Of Men, Which May Move His Goodness To Be Merciful To Their Different Improvements In Virtue.

Perhaps There Cannot Be A Better Way Of Judging Of What Manner Of Spirit We Are Of, Than To See Whether The Actions Of Our Life Are Such As We May Safely Commend Them To God In Our Prayers.