Spiritual Letters

CONTENTS:

The Advantage of Humiliation
How to bear Suffering, so as to preserve our peace
The Beauty of the Cross
The Death of Self
Peace lies in Simplicity and Obedience
The True Source of Peace is in the Surrender of the Will
True Good is only reached by Abandonment
Knowledge puffeth up. Charity edifieth
We are not to choose the manner in which our blessing shall be bestowed
The Discovery and Death of Self
The Sight of our Imperfections should not take away our Peace
Living by the Cross and by Faith
Despair at our Imperfections is a greater Obstacle than the Imperfection itself
Pure Faith sees God alone
Our Knowledge stands in the way of our becoming wise
Those who endeavor to injure us are to be Loved and Welcomed as the Hand of God
Quietness in God our True Resource
True Friendships are Founded only in God
The Cross a Source of our Pleasure
The Absence of Feeling and the Revelation of Self no sufficient Cause of Distress
The Imperfection of others to be borne in Love
The Fear of Death not taken away by our own Courage, but by the Grace of God
Sensitiveness under Reproof the Surest Sign we Needed it
Imperfection only is Intolerant of Imperfection
We should Listen to God and not to Self-love
Absolute Trust the Shortest Road to God
The Time of Temptation and Distress is no time to form resolves
Who has Love, has All
Weakness preferable to Strength, and Practice better than Knowledge
Beware of the Pride of Reasoning; The True Guide to Knowledge is Love
The Gifts of God not to be Rejected on Account of the Channel that brings them
Poverty and Spoilation the Way of Christ
The Will of God our only Treasure
Abandonment not an Heroic Sacrifice, but a Simple Sinking into the Will of God
Daily Dying takes the Place of Final Death
Suffering belongs to the Living, not the Dead
The Limits of our Grace are those of our Temptation
Resisting God an Effectual Bar to Grace
God speaks more effectually in the Soul than to it
The Circumcision of the Heart