"In the next place, I must imitate Jesus in His _piety_. HisFather's will was as His daily food. What a thought! To live whollyto God, and as He himself teaches us in His Holy Word. To do this, Imust know His Word; I must study it, meditate upon it, and learn itby heart. Besides reading, I must pray, for prayer is the life bothof my heart and soul with God. What glory is thus permitted to me, apoor sinner, that I _ought_, and that I _can_, live to Him,love Him, and devote myself to Him! It is heaven already begun onearth; for in heaven my soul will enjoy no other gladness than thatof knowing God, and living to His glory. This thought fills me withjoy, and I am encouraged by it to consecrate myself wholly to Him, asdid my Lord and Saviour.

"Lastly, I will, by the grace of God, imitate Jesus inside his_charity_. How many souls there are about me to love, to comfort,to enlighten and to assist. But I can only do it in the measure which Godhimself has assigned to me. At my age, and but a girl, subject to thewishes of my parents, I ought only to desire to do good in proportion tothe means with which the Lord has furnished me. But I must, in sodoing, endeavor to overcome selfishness, idleness, the love of ease,avarice, hardness of heart, pride, and indifference, and I must love myneighbor as myself. 0h! what an important undertaking, and how manyexcuses and deceits this kind of charity will encounter and overcome.

"But I will look to Jesus, and pray to him; I will implore thesecret guidance of his Spirit; and since he is faithful, he will notleave me alone, but will lead me, and enable me to walk day by day, Imean 'to-day,' inside his sight, and in communion with him, who is sofull of love and gentleness."