to
leave
ourselves
to
God
!
We
fear
to
possess
Him,
and
to
be
prepared
for
divine
union
!
You
say,
we
must
not
bring
ourselves
to
this
condi-tion,
I
agree
to
that
;
but
I
say
too,
that
no
one
ever
could
bring
himself
to
it,
since
no
man
could
ever
unite
himself
to
God
by
his
own
eflforts,
and
God
Himself
must
do
the
work.
You
say
that
some
pretend
to
have
attained
it.
I
say
that
this
state
cannot
be
feigned,
any
more
than
a
man
dying
of
hunger
can
for
any
length
of
time
pretend
to
be
satisfied.
It
will
soon
be
known
whether
or
no
men
have
attained
this
end.
Since,
then,
none
can
arrive
at
the
end
unless
he
be
brought
there,
it
is
not
a
question
of
introducing
people
to
it,
but
of
showing
them
the
way
which
leads
to
it,
and
begging
them
not
to
rest
in
those
practices
which
must
be
relinquished
at
God*s
com-mand.
Would
it
not
be
cruelty
to
show
a
fountain
to
a
thirsty
man,
and
then
hold
him
bound,
and
prevent
his
going
to
it,
leaving
him
to
die
of
thirst
?
That
is
what
is
being
done
now.
Let
us
all
be
agreed
both
as
to
the
way
and
the
end.
The
way
has
its
com-
