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Life of Father Hecker

CHAPTER XII
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I have discovered myself to you and will do so yet more.

But the condition of so doing requires from you even more faith, tenderness, and submissiveness.
"Nothing is so real, so near, so full of enjoyment as I am to you, and you cannot leave me without giving up the greater for the less.
"I talk to you at all times and am near you at all seasons, and my joy is to be in your presence, to love you and to take delight in this love I bestow upon you.

I direct your pen, speech, thought, and affections, though you know it not sensibly.

But you shall know more clearly who I am, and all respecting me, if you but comply with my requirements.

You need not fear: you cannot make any mistakes if you submit to be guided by me." Isaac Hecker had now tried every form of philosophy.


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