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Constantinople, where circumstances combined to render
his position one of peculiar delicacy. These circumstances

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ted to succeed to the bishopric ; and
_ we found him dying in exile
bandoned by man ; alone, and yet not alone, for hif

:n or eight yea'

heavenly Father was with him.
It was a remarkable fact, fully acknowledged by Gibbor
and others, that our knowledge of the customs and man-
ners of Constantinople in those days was gathered from
the sermons of Chrysostom. Several interesting and ani-
mated Sketches were here drawn by the lecturer, showing
the style of Chrysostom, and the power of his preaching.
Ike inveighed strongly against the fondness of the people
for dress, one of the most characteristic specimens of his

ping that in which he ridiculed the men for ti
icety in the article of shoes. They were gret

addicted to superstitious practices, in theobservince of
omens, and the use of charms and amulets, for which he
did 'not fail to reprove them. His missionary zeal was
another striking feature in his character ; and nowhere
was the bounden duty of every man to read the Scriptures
for himself more strongly insisted upon than in the writ-
ings of Chrysostom, The cause of all our evils, he main-
tained, was ignorance of the Scriptures ; for without them
'we were like men going into battle without their armour.
How great was the contrast which he presented in this
respect with Augustine and others ; with the Popes, who
solemnly cursed all who presumed to read the Bible with-
out the permission of the Church of Rome ; and with
Cardinal Wiseman, who, in a pamphlet published this very
year, had said, that the experiment of what the indiscrimi-
nate reading of the Scriptures would do had been tried

with unexampled success in the dominions of Queen
Pomare ; and that it had suceeeded in transforming a mild
and promising race of people into a pack of lazy and im-
moral heathens ! One almost trembled to think that any
man should dare to say it.

The lecturer next spoke of the circumstances which led
to the deposition of Chrysostom, one of the charges
against him being, that he had compared the Empress
Eudoxia to Jezebel. He was banished to a place over
against Nicomedia, in the Bosphorus. But such was the
attachment of the people to him that he was speedily
recalled, and returned amidst the most triumphant rejoic-
ings. This bright gleam of sunshine, however, was not
destined to last. Where one party would not give up
sinning, and the other could not refrain from speaking
the truth, there could be no enduring peace. He again
gave offence to the empress by his plainness of speech,
having publicly exclaimed against a feast which was held,
with many heathen ceremonies, on the consecration of a
silver statue, which she had given. On the specifie charge
of exercising his episcopal functions after he had been
deposed, he was condemned and banished to the town
of Cucusus, on the confines of Armenia, in Cappadocia.

His last-days were embittered by the severity of the
soldiers who had charge of him. He was ordered to
move about from one town to another, not being suffered
to remain long in any one place, because of the favour and
affection everywhere shown to him. If at any time one
of his keepers showed something like humanity towards
him, the other increased his harshness and cruelty. On

the 14th of September, 407, at Comana, in Pontus,he was
gathered to his rest.
In concluding his lecture, Mr. Ryan instituted a parallel
between Chrysostom and Henry Martyn, their opinions
and habits of thinking being shown, in some important
particulars, to bear a close resemblance to each other. It