OF
SELF,
ANNIHILATION,
&c.
;
and
it
is
quite
true
that
they
do
die
in
their
own
way,
that
they
are
an-nihilated
and
lose
themselves,
for
often
their
natural
sensibilities
are
lost
or
suspended
in
their
seasons
of
devotion
;
they
even
lose
the
habit
of
making
use
of
them.
Thus
these
souls
are
passive,
but
they
have
light,
and
love,
and
strength
in
themselves
;
they
like
to
retain
something
of
their
own,
it
may
be
even
their
virtues,
but
in
so
delicate
a
form
that
only
the
Divine
eye
can
detect
it.
Such
as
these
are
so
laden
with
merchandise
that
their
course
is
very
slow.
What
must
be
done
with
them,
then,
to
lead
them
out
of
this
way
?
There
is
a
more
safe
and
certain
path
for
them,
even
that
of
faith
:
they
need
to
be
led
from
the
sensible
to
the
supernatural,
from
that
which
is
known
and
perceived
to
the
very
deep,
yet
very
safe,
darkness
of
faith.
It
is
useless
to
endeavour
to
ascertain
whether
these
things
be
of
God
or
not,
since
they
must
be
sur-passed
;
for
if
they
are
of
God,
they
will
be
carried
on
by
Him,
if
only
we
abandon
ourselves
to
Him
;
and
if
they
are
not
of
God,
we
shall
not
be
deceived
by
them,
if
we
do
not
stay
at
them.
