sages
might
be
quoted.
I
will
be
content
to
men-tion
a
few
:
"
Hearken
unto
me,
O
my
people
;
and
give
ear
unto
me,
O
my
nation"
(Isa.
li.
4).
"
Hearken
unto
me,
O
house
of
Jacob,
and
all
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Israel"
(Isa.
xlvi.
31).
"
Hearken,
O
daughter,
and
consider,
and
incline
thine
ear;
forget
also
thine
own
people,
and
thy
father's
house
;
so
shall
the
King
greatly
desire
thy
beauty"
(Ps.
xlv.
10,
11).
We
must
listen
to
God,
and
be
attentive
to
Him,
forgetting
ourselves
and
all
self-interest
These
two
actions,
or
rather
passions
—
for
this
condition
is
essentially
a
passive
one
—
arouse
in
God
a
"
desire
"
towards
the
"beauty"
He
has
Himself
commu-nicated.
Outward
silence
is
extremely
necessary
for
the
cultivation
of
inward
silence,
and
it
is
impossible
to
acquire
inward
silence
without
having
a
love
for
silence
and
solitude.
God
tells
us
by
the
mouth
of
His
prophet,
**I
will
allure
her,
and
bring
her
into
the
wilderness,
and
speak
to
her
heart"
(marginal
reading
of
Hosea
ii.
14).
