Desiring to follow closely the divine leading, I expressed to you the
other day, some sentiments you were not able to receive. I perceived
at once, that on account of your resistance, I could say no more. From
this experience, although painful as regards yourself, I learnt the
extreme delicacy of the spirit that seeks to aid others; and the
strength of man's freedom to oppose this operation. I realized, also,
my inability to act of myself; for, as soon as the spirit in me was
silent, I had nothing to say. I had, however, the extreme satisfaction
of knowing, that this good spirit alone conducted me; and that I would
not, in the least degree, add, nor diminish from its operations.
It was from a knowledge, gained by experience, of the extreme delicacy
and purity of this divine spirit, that I remarked to you, the other
day, that if you did not receive the instructions I then imparted, I
should have nothing farther to communicate to you. O, how pure and how
unlike the impetuous operation of man's spirit, is this operation of
God!