WHEREVER there is mysticism there must also be mystery; yet mystery must not be confounded with mysticism. “Great is the mystery of godliness;” it confounds reason, yet is reasonable. Hearing, we believe—God speaks—faith bows to the authority of His word, but she cannot, dare not even, attempt to explain much that she believes: it is enough for her that “it is written.” Mysticism, on the other hand, believes, because it feels: it does not disown the written Word, but it acts as though the Spirit inspired and guided the affections and instincts of the new nature over and above the Word. Along this “onward path,” so-called, the faith of God’s elect, which knows no other lamp for its feet than the written Word, cannot go. The love of God, the cross of Christ, the power of the Holy Ghost, the authority of the written Word, these are inseparable—they hang together; they cannot be understood apart one from the other. To take heed to this will be our safeguard from mysticism with its elevations and aspirations, so captivating to spiritual and meditative minds.