what
has
it
become
?
What
use
can
it
serve
now,
or
rather,
what
use
can
it
not
serve
?
What
does
it
lack
?
You
are
now
its
servants,
since
the
riches
which
you
possess
are
only
the
overflow
of
its
abun-dance,
or
a
fresh
supply
which
you
are
carrying
to
it.
But
before
speaking
of
the
happiness
of
a
soul
thus
lost
in
God,
we
must
begin
with
its
origin
and
go
on
by
degrees.
The
soul,
as
we
have
said,
having
proceeded
from
God,
has
a
continual
propensity
to
return
to
Him,
because,
as
He
is
its
origin.
He
is
also
its
final
end.
Its
course
would
be
interminable
if
it
were
not
ar-rested
or
interrupted
by
sin
and
unbelief.
Therefore
the
heart
of
man
is
perpetually
in
motion,
and
can
find
no
rest
till
it
returns
to
its
origin
and
its
centre,
which
is
God
:
like
fire,
which,
being
removed
from
its
sphere,
is
in
continual
agitation,
and
does
not
rest
till
it
has
returned
to
it,
and
then,
by
a
miracle
of
nature,
this
element,
so
active
itself
as
to
consume
everything
by
its
activity,
is
at
perfect
rest.
O
poor
soul
who
are
seeking
happiness
in
this
life
!
you
will
never
find
it
out
of
God.
Seek
to
return
to
Him
:
