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I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, that you tell Him that I languish with love. — Cant. 5 : 8.

NOW I will speak again, Lord, and will not be silent; I will say in the hearing of my God and my King who is on high:

OH, how great is the abundance of Thy sweetness, Lord, which Thou hast hidden for those that fear Thee!

BUT what art Thou to those that love Thee? What to those that serve Thee with their whole heart?

UNSPEAKABLE, indeed, is the sweet- ness of Thy contemplation, which Thou bestowest on those that love Thee.

IN this most of all hast Thou shown me the sweetness of Thy love, that when

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