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i3o HI. THE ROMANIZED CHURCH (A.D. 11301389).
with woods, so dense and dark, that nobody was able to pene
trate through it. There was only one made road, which ended
in an abyss. And those who fell into it cried out : O Lord
God, come and help; show us the way, and give light to us who
are waiting for Thee. In Thee alone is there salvation ! And
this cry has come up to heaven to my ears and touched my heart;
and I came into the desert as a pilgrim, in order to work here
and make a road. Before me there sounded a voice : Now is the
axe laid to the root of the trees ! This was the voice of the
Baptist who was to prepare the way before me. And I worked
from sunrise till the hour of rest ;
I allowed myself to be
tempted ;
I endured hatred and scorn ;
I have cut the way to
heaven and cleared the trees and bushes which barred it. The
sharpest thorns pierced my side, and iron nails wounded my
hands and feet ; my teeth and cheeks were cruelly smitten ;
but I turned not back ;
I became the more ardent and went
onward like the animal which, driven by hunger, throws itself on
the hunter, and in its passions, runs the lance into itself, held
towards it by the hunter. The more zealous man was to
murder me the more zealous I became to suffer for him "
(Rev.
ii.
15).
"
When coal is consumed and the brass is melting in the
fire, the air remains in the bellows nevertheless ;
thus also
desire remains in the heart when the time of grace is passed
"
(iii. 7).
"
Whatever may come in the life hereafter must be indifferent
to me if only I can have my will in this life, so says the man
of the world with a hoarse voice. Of a truth the humble bee
keeps humming and bumming and stays near the soil
"
(i. 44).
"The
friendship of the world is light as snow, and at the
same time cold as the hoar-frost."
"
The world is a poor-house ;
there it is dark and dreary, full
of smoke but what darkens the soul is love of the world and
full of soot, that is to say, the lust of the flesh. But thou art
introduced into a society of great people, into the House where
beauty is without blemish, warmth without smoke, sweetness
without disgust" (v. 9).
"With many people the will is like a mill-wheel which re
mains still and cannot grind, because it has no water. There
fore break through the milldam of pride, and the water of the
Holy Spirit will be poured out, and will set thy will in motion
"
(iv. 97).
"
Man longs often for vain honour, which, like the froth of
the sea-wave, rises high like a mountain, but quickly vanishes.
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