74
A
SHORT
METHOD
OF
PRAYER.
xviii.
1
6).
Jesus
only
said
this
to
His
disciples,
be-cause
they
wished
to
keep
the
children
away
from
Him.
Often
the
remedy
is
applied
to
the
body,
when
the
disease
is
at
the
Aear/.
The
reason
why
we
have
so
little
success
in
seeking
to
reform
men,
is
that
we
direct
our
efforts
to
the
outside,
and
all
that
we
can
do
there
soon
passes
off.
But
if
we
were
to
give
them
first
t^e
key
of
the
interior^
the
outside
would
be
reformed
at
once
with
a
natural
facility.
And
this
is
very
easy.
To
teach
them
to
seek
God
in
their
heart,
to
think
of
Him,
to
return
to
Him
when
they
find
they
have
turned
away,
to
do
all
and
suffer
all
for
the
sake
of
pleasing
Him
—
this
is
to
direct
them
to
the
source
of
all
grace,
and
to
make
them
find
there
all
that
is
necessary
for
their
sanctification.
O
you
who
serve
souls
!
I
conjure
you
to
put
them
first
of
all
into
this
way,
which
is
Jesus
Christ;
and
it
is
He
who
conjures
you
to
do
this
by
the
blood
He
has
shed
for
the
souls
He
confides
to
your
care.
"
Speak
to
the
heart
of
Jerusalem"
(Isa.
xl.
2,
marg.)
O
dis-pensers
of
His
grace,
preachers
of
His
Word,
