them
on
to
better
things,
He
makes
them
con-scious
of
their
deficiency.
It
often
happens,
too,
that
persons
by
means
of
this
death
to
self,
and
acting
contrary
to
their
natural
inclinations,
feel
themselves
more
strongly
drawn
to
their
inward
rest;
for
it
is
natural
to
man
to
desire
most
strongly
what
it
is
most
difficult
for
him
to
obtain,
and
to
desire
most
intensely
those
things
which
he
most
earnestly
resolves
to
avoid.
This
difficulty
of
being
able
to
enjoy
only
a
partial
rest
increases
the
rest,
and
causes
them
even
in
activity
to
feel
themselves
acted
upon
so
powerfully
that
they
seem
to
have
two
souls
within
them,
the
inner
one
being
infi-nitely
stronger
than
the
outer.
But
if
they
leave
their
duties
in
order
to
give
the
time
to
devotion,
they
will
find
it
an
empty
form,
and
all
its
joy
will
be
lost.
By
devotion
I
do
not
mean
com-pulsory
prayer,
which
is
gone
through
as
a
duty
that
must
not
be
avoided
;
neither
do
I
understand
by
activity
the
labours
of
their
own
choice,
but
those
which
come
within
the
range
of
positive
duty.
If
they
have
spare
time
at
their
disposal,
by
all
means
let
them
spend
it
in
prayer;
nor
must
