Excerpt from The Imitation of Christ HE that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light Of life, says that Christ, who declares Himself the light Of the world. The true importance and design of which words is doubtless to instruct us that the way to be truly enlightened, and to deliver ourselves from a blindness of heart, is to make His holy life the object of our imitation, and to form our dispositions and actions upon the perfect model of that bright example. But how shall we follow a pattern which we but little think of? The first step therefore toward thus copying after Him, is the employing our thoughts, with great frequency and serious attention, upon the perfections of this divine original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.