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1、SELF-CONSECRATIONORTHEGIFTOFONE'SSELFTOGODFROMTHEFRENCHofthe.X-an-->ABB£GROUWITHANINTRoductionBYTHEREV.CHARLESC.GRAFTON“GrantTheeThyHeart'sdesireandfulfilallThymind.”PSALMxx.4sECONDEDITIONNEWYORKE.&J.B.YOUNG&CO.CoopBRUNION,FourThAVENUE1887TwoTHESISTERSOFTHEHOLYNATIVITY,WHO,CONSECRATEDTO
2、THELOVEANDTHESACRIFICEOFBETHLEHEM,woulDMAKEITTHEIRLIFE'sworkTowinsoulsToTHATSELF-DEvotionwhichISTHEHEART'sDESIREOFOURINCARNATELORD;ThISLITTLEBOOKISLOVINGLYINSCRIBEDBYTHETRANSLATORs50.327.)
3、INTRODUCTION.THEauthorofthefollowinglittletreatiseneedsnointroductiontoChurchmen.Hisnameisafamilia
4、rone,andthoughbelongingtoanothercommunion,yettheaspirations,begottenbypartakingthesamesacramentalgiftsofgrace,showthatbyouruniontotheIncarnateLordourdevotionallifeisthesame.LivingasweareintimeswhentheGraceofGodisstirringmanyheartstofacetheproblemoflifeandaskthemselves—whatcanIdoforGodP—
5、thewordsofthisbookmaycometosomelikealovingresponsefromtheHeavenlyFather.Earnestanddeepsoulswillnotbecontentwiththesuperficialanswersthe6INTRODUCTION.philosophyofself-culture,withitsdoubtfulfuture,cangive;orwithaChristianitywhichmakesChristdivine,yetourunionwithHimonlyoneoffaithandnotsac
6、ramentalincorporationintotheGod-man;orwithsuchaChristianityaswouldofferafuturehappinesswhichmustbeforeverinsecure,becauseitdoesnotgraspthefactthattheIncarnationisthecompletionofcreation,andmancanonlybeapartakerofeternallifeandholiness,andthereforehappiness,throughunionwithIt.Ifwelookdee
7、plyintothematterofself-consecration,whichisthesubjectofGrou’swork,weshallseethatSelf-consecrationhasaconnectionwiththemysteryofcreation.
8、BytheactofcreationGodcallsintobeingthatwhichbeforehadonlyexistence.ThematerialuniverseeverexistedintheDivinethought,butbyaDivineactwaselevatedintobein
9、g.The.INTRODUCTION.7blessedevolutionfollowedtheprogressiveorderoftheEternalwisdomandwasconsummatedinman.Man,Godwilled,shouldnotbelikeotherproductsofcreation,ameresilentembodimentofHisEternalthought,butshouldpulsatewiththeenergyofadivinely-givenlifeandbepossessedofacreativepower
