If thou desirest true contrition of heart, enter into thy secret chamber, and shut out the tumults of the world, as it is written, "Commune with your own heart, and in your chamber, and be still." ... In silence and in stillness a religious soul advantageth itself, and learneth the mysteries of Holy Scripture. There it findeth rivers of tears, wherein it may every night wash and cleanse itself; that it may be so much the more familiar with its Creator, by how much the farther off it liveth from all wordly disquiet. Whose therefore withdraweth himself from his acquaintance and friends, God will draw near unto him with His holy angels.—
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If thou desirest true contrition of heart, enter into thy...
From the November 1901 issue of The Christian Science Journal
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