IV PEFACE TO ENGLISH EDITION.

"dead indeed unto sin;" and that there must be a crucifixion of self before the life of Christ can be made manifest in us. It is only when we can say, " I am crucified with Christ," that we are able to add, " Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me." But it does not follow that this inward death must always be as lingering as in the case of Madame Guyon. She tells us herself that the reason was, that she was not wholly resigned to the Divine will, and willing to be deprived of the gifts of God, that she might enjoy the possession of the Giver. This Resistance to the will of God implies suffering on the part of the creature, and chastisement on the part of God, in order that He may subdue to Him-self what is not voluntarily yielded to Him.

Of the joy of a complete surrender to God, it is not necessary to speak here : thousands of God's children are realising its blessedness for themselves, and proving that it is no hardship, but a joy unspeak-able, to present themselves a living sacrifice to God, to live no longer to themselves, but to Him that died for them, and rose again.

A simple trust in a living, personal Saviour; a putting away by His grace of all that is known to be in opposition to His will ; and an entire self-abandon-ment to Him, that His designs may be worked out in and through us ; such is the simple key to the hidden sanctuary of communion.