With
Teresa it was prayer first, and prayer last, and prayer always. With
Teresa literally all things were sanctified, and sweetened, and made
fruitful by prayer. In Teresa's writings prayer holds much the same
place that it holds in the best men and women of Holy Scripture. If I
were to say that about some of the ladies of the Scottish Covenant, you
would easily believe me. But you must believe me when I tell you that
about a Spanish lady, second to none of them in holiness of life, even if
her holy life is not all cast in our mould. All who have read the
autobiographic _Apologia_ will remember the fine passage in which its
author tells us that ever since his conversion there have been two, and
only two, absolutely self-luminous beings in the whole universe of being
to him,--God and his own soul. Now, I do not remember that Newman even
once speaks about Teresa in any of his books, but I always think of him
and her together in this great respect. GOD is to them both, and to them
both He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
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