except to do so with complete trust in God. I think the reason why we see so little solid virtue is that people are not thoroughly instructed in this principle. There is so much speculation, so much account made of high ways of prayer, of transports, of things intangible, outside of and beyond the common way. Yet trust in God and distrust of self are what constitute holiness and true virtue. Humility is nothing else than the contempt and putting aside of self; it is the love of one’s own effacement,