Such  is  the  philosophy  and  practice  of  the  world  ; —
now  the  Church  looks  and  moves  in  a  simply  opposite
direction.  It  contemplates,  not  the  whole,  but  the
parts ;  not  a  nation,  but  the  men  who  form  it  5  not
society  in  the  first  place,  but  in  the  second  place,  and
in  the  first  place  individuals!;  it  looks  beyond  the
outward  act,  on  and  into  the  thought,  the  motive,  the
intention,  and  the  will ;  it  looks  beyond  the  world,  and
detects  and  moves  against  the  devil,  who  is  sitting  in
ambush  behind  it.  It  has,  then,  a  foe  in  view ;  nay,  it
has  a  battle-field,  to  which  the  world  is  blind ;  its  proper
battle-field  is  the  heart  of  the  individual,  and  its  true
foe  is  Satan.
