We
must
cease
to
be,
so
that
the
Spirit
of
the
Word
may
be
in
us.
In
order
that
He
may
come
to
us,
we
must
yield
our
life
to
Him,
and
die
to
self
that
He
may
live
in
us,
and
that
we
being
dead,
our
life
may
be
hidden
with
Christ
in
God
(Col.
iii.
3).
"
Come
unto
me,'*
says
God,
"
all
ye
that
be
desirous
of
me,
and
fill
yourselves
with
my
fruits'*
(Ecclus.
xxiv.
19).
But
how
can
we
be
filled
with
God
?
Only
by
being
emptied
of
self,
and
going
out
of
ourselves
in
order
to
be
lost
in
Him.
Now,
this
can
never
be
brought
about
except
by
our
becoming
nothing.
Nothingness
is
true
pra)'er,
which
renders
to
God
"
honour,
and
glory,
and
power,
for
ever
and
ever"
(Rev.
v.
13).
This
prayer
is
the
prayer
of
truth.
It
is
wor-shipping
the
Father
in
spirit
and
in
truth.
In
spirit,
because
we
are
by
it
drawn
out
of
our
human
and
carnal
action,
to
enter
into
the
purity
of
the
Spirit,
who
prays
in
us;
and
in
truth,
because
the
soul
is
led
into
the
truth
of
the
all
of
God,
and
the
nothing
of
the
creature.
There
are
but
these
two
truths,
the
all
and
the
NOTHING.
All
the
rest
is
untruth.
