Therefore,  "  Woman,  believe  me,  for  the  hour  will  come  when
ye  shall  neither  in  this  mountain  nor  in  Jerusalem  worship
the  Father. Ye  worship  ye  know  not  what :  we  worship  what
we  know ;  for  salvation  is  of  the  Jews. But  the  hour  will
come."  "  When  ?  "  And  now  is."  Well,  what  hour  ?  "  When
the  true  worshippers  shall  worship  the  Father  in  spirit  and  in
truth. "  not  in  this  mountain,  not  in  the  temple,  but  in  spirit
and  in  truth. "  For  the  Father  seeketh  such  to  worship  Him."
Why  does  the  Father  seek  such  to  worship  Him,  not  on  a
mountain,  not  in  the  temple,  but  in  spirit  and  in  truth  ?
"  God  is  Spirit."  If  God  were  body,  it  were  right  that  He
should  be  worshipped  on  a  mountain,  for  a  mountain  is  corpo-
real ;  it  were  right  He  should  be  worshipped  in  the  temple,
for  a  temple  is  corporeal. "  God  is  Spirit ;  and  they  that
worship  Him,  must  worship  in  spirit  and  in  truth."

25. We  have  heard,  and  it  is  manifest ;  we  had  gone  out  of
doors,  and  we  are  sent  inward. Would  I  could  find,  thou  didst
say,  some  high  and  lonely  mountain  !  For  I  think  that,  be-
cause God  is  on  high,  He  hears  me  the  rather  from  a  high
place. Because  thou  art  on  a  mountain,  dost  thou  imagine
thyself  near  to  God,  and  that  He  will  quickly  hear  thee,  as  if
calling  to  Him  from  the  nearest  place  ?  He  dwells  on  high,
but  regards  the  lowly. "  The  Lord  is  near."  To  whom  ?  To
the  high,  perhaps  ?  "  To  them  who  are  contrite  of  heart."  *
'Tis  a  wonderful  thing :  He  dwelleth  on  high,  and  yet  is  near
to  the  lowly;  "He  hath  regard  to  lowly  things,  but  lofty
things  He  knoweth  from  afar ; "  2  He  seeth  the  proud  afar  off,
and  He  is  the  less  near  to  them  the  higher  they  appear  to
themselves  to  be. Didst  thou  seek  a  mountain,  then  ?  Come
down,  that  thou  mayest  come  near  Him. But  wouldest  thou
ascend  ?  Ascend,  but  do  not  seek  a  mountain. "  The  ascents,"
it  saith,  "  are  in  his  heart,  in  the  valley  of  weeping."  3  The
valley  is  humility. Therefore  do  all  within. 