Although for many years, profound truths have been revealed to me, and
God has manifested his power through me, in an extraordinary manner, my
state has invariably been one of infancy, simplicity and candor. God's
grace has rendered me equally willing to lie concealed, or to execute
his will more publicly. During seven years, without my knowing how it
was accomplished, as soon as I have approached some persons, possessed
by demons, the evil spirits have departed. I have realised simply a
desire to relieve them, and this desire, or prayer, has been answered
in a way unknown to myself. Of myself, I have no goodness nor power at
all. I have only the capacity of a child--of letting myself be used by
God, as pleases Him. My life appears natural. I am encompassed with
infirmities. My health is greatly impaired. My infirmities are a
balance-wheel, a counterpoise to exaltation. Yet life is ever flowing,
without any thought of the means of sustaining it, as we live in the
air, without thinking of the air we breathe.