says
the
great
apostle,
"that
neither
death,
nor
life,
nor
angels,
nor
principalities,
nor
powers,
nor
things
present,
nor
things
to
come,
nor
height,
nor
depth,
nor
any
other
creature,
shall
be
able
to
separate
us
from
the
love
of
God,
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord"
(Rom.
viii.
35,
^Sy
39).
Now
these
words,
"I
am
persuaded,"
exclude
all
doubt.
But
what
was
the
foundation
of
Paul's
assurance
?
It
was
in
the
infallibility
of
God
alone.
The
epistles
of
this
great
apostle,
this
mystical
teacher,
are
often
read,
but
seldom
understood;
yet
all
the
mystic
way,
its
commencement,
its
progress,
its
end,
are
described
by
St
Paul,
and
even
the
divine
life;
but
few
are
able
to
under-stand
it,
and
those
to
whom
the
light
is
given
see
it
all
there
clearer
than
the
day.
Ah
!
if
those
who
find
it
so
difficult
to
leave
themselves
to
God
could
only
experience
this,
they
would
confess
that
though
the
way
might
be
arduous,
a
single
day
of
this
life
was
a
sufficient
recompense
for
years
of
trouble.
But
by
what
means
does
God
bring
the
soul
here?
By
ways
altogether
opposed
to
natural
wisdom
and
imagina-
