All the pleasures of the world, and all the kingdoms of this earth,-« shall profit me nothing. It is better for me to die in behalf of s Jesus Christ, than to reign over all the ends of the earth. " For what shall a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul?"^ Him I seek, who died for us : Him I desire, who rose again for our sake. This is the gain which is laid up for me. Pardon me, brethren : do not hinder me from living, do not wish to keep me in a state of death ; ^ and while I desire to belong to God, do not ye give me over to the world. Suffer me to obtain pure light : when I have gone thither, I shall indeed be a man of God. Permit me to be an imitator of the passion of my God. If any one has Him within himself, let him consider what I desire, and let him have sympathy with me, as knowing how I am straitened.