1887.
New York, Feb. 15, 1887.
Copyright, 1887, by Benziger Brothers.
[A PREFACE]
ON THE
FOUNDATION AND TRUE NATURE OF THE VIRTUE OF ABANDONMENT,
TO EXPLAIN AND DEFEND
Father Caussade’s Doctrine.
There is no truth however clear which does not become error the moment it is lessened or exaggerated; and there is no food however salutary for the soul which may not, when ill-applied, become a fatal poison.
The virtue of abandonment does not escape this danger; the more holy and profitable it is in itself the more serious are the dangers we risk by misunderstanding its just limits.