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immersed beneath the oceans of ancient and everlasting
holiness, or when they soared to the loftiest
summits of divine mysteries, they claimed their
utterance to be the Voice of divinity, the Call of
God Himself. Were the eye of discernment to be
opened, it would recognize that in this very state,
they have considered themselves utterly effaced
and non-existent in the face of Him Who is the
All-Pervading, the Incorruptible. Methinks, they
have regarded themselves as utter nothingness, and
deemed their mention in that Court an act of blasphemy.
For the slightest whispering of self,
within such a Court, is an evidence of self-assertion
and independent existence. In the eyes of them that
have attained unto that Court, such a suggestion is
itself a grievous transgression. How much more
grievous would it be, were aught else to be mentioned
in that Presence, were man's heart, his
tongue, his mind, or his soul, to be busied with
anyone but the Well-Beloved, were his eyes to behold
any countenance other than His beauty, were
his ear to be inclined to any melody but His voice,
and were his feet to tread any way but His way.
In this day the breeze of God is wafted, and His
Spirit hath pervaded all things. Such is the outpouring
