Chapter I: FEEL that when I am charitable it is Jesus alone who acts in

me; the more I am united to Him the more do I love all my Sisters. If, when I desire to increase this love in my heart, the demon tries to set before my eyes the faults of one or other of the Sisters, I hasten to call to mind her virtues, her good desires; I say to myself that if I have seen her fall once, she may well have gained many victories which she conceals through humility; and that even what appears to me a fault may in truth be an act of virtue by reason of the intention.

HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IX

TRUE Charity consists in bearing with all the defects of our neighbour, in not being surprised at his failings, and in being edified by his least virtues; Charity must not remain shut up in the depths of the heart, for _no man lighteth a candle and putteth it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house._ [1] It seems to me that this candle represents the Charity which ought to enlighten and make joyful, not only those who are dearest to me, but _all who are in the house_.

HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IX

[1] _Cf_. Matt., v, 15.

THERE is no artist who does not like his work praised, and the Divine Artist of souls is pleased when we do not stop at the exterior, but penetrating even to the inmost sanctuary which He has chosen for His dwelling, we admire its beauty.

HIST. D'UNE AME, CH. IX