Letters of Madame Guyon

Letters of Madame Guyon

Madame Guyon
Sixty-two letters and two poems from the French mystic imprisoned in the Bastille for her faith. Guyon writes on the reign of Christ in the heart, self-abandonment, the silent operations of grace, and the interior way to union with God. Her most famous poem, "A Little Bird I Am," was written in prison — a hymn of trust from a caged soul that sings because it belongs to its Master.

Source: gutenberg.org · Modernized for readability

✦ Table of Contents · 66 Chapters
0 Preface → 1 Sketch of Her Life → 2 Letter 1: Reign of Christ in the Heart → 3 Letter 2: Turn from Self to Christ → 4 Letter 3: Assurance → 5 Letter 4: Humility the Effect of Love → 6 Letter 5: Divine Communications → 7 Letter 6: Joy in Persecutions → 8 Letter 7: Liberty in Christ → 9 Letter 8: Melancholy Avoided → 10 Letter 9: God's Care of the Soul Committed to Him → 11 Letter 10: Power of the Adversary → 12 Letter 11: Unction of Grace → 13 Letter 12: Spiritual Oneness → 14 Letter 13: Vicissitudes in Experience → 15 Letter 14: Patience with the Faults of Others → 16 Letter 15: How to Distinguish the Movements of God → 17 Letter 16: State of Simplicity → 18 Letter 17: Quenching the Spirit → 19 Letter 18: Suffer the Crucifixions and Reductions of Self → 20 Letter 19: Reprove in Love → 21 Letter 20: Silent Operation of Grace → 22 Letter 21: Limit Not Your Sphere → 23 Letter 22: Secret of Divine Operations upon the Soul → 24 Letter 23: No Union with Selfish Souls → 25 Letter 24: Never Yield to Discouragement → 26 Letter 25: Weakness and Imperfection → 27 Letter 26: Advancement → 28 Letter 27: Greatness of Spiritual Poverty → 29 Letter 28: Assistance Rendered by One Soul to Another → 30 Letter 29: Simplicity and Power of the Word → 31 Letter 30: Forgetfulness of Self → 32 Letter 31: Diversity of Means of Sanctification → 33 Letter 32: Comfort in Affliction → 34 Letter 33: Bearing Fruit in Union with Christ → 35 Letter 34: Desolate State → 36 Letter 35: Self-Abandonment → 37 Letter 36: No Dependence on Instruments → 38 Letter 37: Child of God Soon to Die → 39 Letter 38: Union of Souls in God → 40 Letter 39: Secret Operations of Grace → 41 Letter 40: To a Young Friend → 42 Letter 41: Letter to Her Spiritual Guide → 43 Letter 42: Glory of God the One Desire → 44 Letter 43: Spiritual Union and Aid → 45 Letter 44: Live in the Present → 46 Letter 45: How to Administer Reproof → 47 Letter 46: Bearing the States of Christ → 48 Letter 47: Our Imperfections Should Not Hinder Our Labors for Others → 49 Letter 48: Death, Resurrection → 50 Letter 49: Grace Deeply Interior → 51 Letter 50: Self-Renunciation → 52 Letter 51: Unexpected Faults → 53 Letter 52: Apostolic State → 54 Letter 53: Painful Experience → 55 Letter 54: Ecstasy of the Mind and Heart → 56 Letter 55: A View of Self → 57 Letter 56: State of a Soul in Union with God → 58 Letter 57: State of Rest in God → 59 Letter 58: Great Humiliations → 60 Letter 59: Repose of the Soul in God → 61 Letter 60: Power of Casting Out Evil Spirits → 62 Letter 61: State of a Soul Re-United to God → 63 Letter 62: Concise View of the Interior Way → 64 A Little Bird I Am → 65 God Everywhere →