Produced by Elizabeth T. Knuth The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus Transcriber's Note: Corrections suggested in the Corrigenda, p. [viii] of the original text, have been made. Section number added for L 3.9, since both the translator's preface and the index refer to it. Footnotes gathered at the ends of chapters. Typographical errors in two Scriptural quotations have been corrected: In L 21 note 10, I have changed "Quæ præparavit Deus iis qui" to "Quæ præparavit Deus his qui;" and in L 29 note 12, I have changed "As the longing of the heart" to "As the longing of the hart." The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus Re-imprimatur. + Franciscus Archiepiscopus Westmonast. Die 27 Sept., 1904. The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel. Written by Herself. Translated from the Spanish by David Lewis. Third Edition Enlarged. With additional Notes and an Introduction by Rev. Fr. Benedict Zimmerman, O.C.D. London: Thomas Baker. New York: Benziger Bros. MCMIV. Contents. Chap. Introduction to the Third Edition, by Rev. B. Zimmerman St. Teresa's Arguments of the Chapters Preface by David Lewis Annals of the Saint's Life Prologue I. Childhood and early Impressions--The Blessing of pious Parents--Desire of Martyrdom--Death of the Saint's Mother II. Early Impressions--Dangerous Books and Companions--The Saint is placed in a Monastery III. The Blessing of being with good people--How certain Illusions were removed IV. Our Lord helps her to become a Nun--Her many Infirmities V. Illness and Patience of the Saint--The Story of a Priest whom she rescued from a Life of Sin VI. The great Debt she owed to our Lord for His Mercy to her--She takes St. Joseph for her Patron VII. Lukewarmness--The Loss of Grace--Inconvenience of Laxity in Religious Houses VIII. The Saint ceases not to pray--Prayer the way to recover what is lost--All exhorted to pray--The great Advantage of Prayer, even to those who may have ceased from it IX. The means whereby our Lord quickened her Soul, gave her Light in her Darkness, and made her strong in Goodness X. The Graces she received in Prayer--What we can do ourselves--The great Importance of understanding what our Lord is doing for us--She desires her Confessors to keep her Writings secret, because of the special Graces of our Lord to her, which they had commanded her to describe XI. Why men do not attain quickly to the perfect Love of God--Of Four Degrees of Prayer--Of the First Degree--The Doctrine profitable for Beginners, and for those who have no sensible Sweetness XII. What we can ourselves do--The Evil of desiring to attain to supernatural States before our Lord calls us XIII. Of certain Temptations of Satan--Instructions relating thereto XIV. The Second State of Prayer--Its supernatural Character XV. Instructions for those who have attained to the Prayer of Quiet--Many advance so far, but few go farther