Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-01-25

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the Req. Joseph Bsrington. Svo.
No. 8.
Aided by his disciples, Abeillard built
temple, which, in honor of the third person
Of the family, he called the Paraclete. On
the very deos" says Heloisa. "of wild
g beasts. and on the Turk ing holes of thieves,
/" where the name of God had not been heard,
/" you raised temple to his name, and you
" conseorated it to his Holy Spirit. To this
{" the donations of kings and princes did not
!. contribute you wanted not their aid.
" From all quarters an infinite namber OF
" scholars crowded to be instructed by you.
"They supplied whatever was necessary
.. Even cburcbmen who had been used TO
IS live on the donations of others, whose
:. hands were ever open to receive, but not
% to give. became here profuse they were
:. ;mnortunate in their contributions. p. 10.
OF this selection OF name, the enemies oil
AbeiIlard ayailed themselves to question MS
orthodoxy. As reason refused to support
their cavils. they invited TO their aid the au-
,bority of Norbert of Premonte, reformed
nroAigate, and Bernard of Clarveaux'
orazy and sainted enthusiast. The latter
while vet unborn, had been devoted by his
mother to the service OF God, in consequence
Of remarkable dream. Nature had en-
i" lowed him with uncommon abilities, ana
{" b;s education was fitted to his high desti-
/" nation. He loved retirement, he reelected
" much and he spoke little, at time when
!" youth is most forward and exuberant. lie
q was simple in his manners, mild IN con-
" yersation, and modest as angelic lnno-
(" cence. The beauty of his perscr accord
" ed with the elegance of his mind there
"was harmony in his voice which captl-
I" vatea, his language was persplcuous, ano
/" elonuence in sweetest accents tell like no.
/" ney, from his lips" p. l78. Such were
the endowments, even in childhood. OF thu
individual who afterwards restored dlscl'
pline to the western monaSterles, and IN
Huenced almost all Europe by the tavor o
hi. piety and his genius. Whether or not
this formidable saint really wrought miracles,
is a question whose solution Mr.. BeriBgtor
laboriously and vainly endeavors, but on
which contemporary superstition held no
doubt. 1t might be foreseen that the hmio
soul of Abeillard would quail before an aa-
versary so venerable for integrity and devo'
ton an adversary who already seemed Ike
the Hebrew prophet, to hold converse wit
Heaven, at whose bidding nature was be-
l;eyed 10 vary her course, and in who's
breast all human passions were said to sleep.
His fears were indeed oppressive. and ore
suggestion of despair was that lac should re-
fire from Christendom, and live Christist
among Mahommedans. An unmanly an
disposition led him to hope that
the charge of his protesting unchristian OPT
Mons would induce them to receive kindly
the pilgrim whom they might afterwards hal
as proselyte. To his gloomy meditations
some comfort was afforded by a request from
the monks of St. Gildas de Ruys, that he
would succeed their abbot who had recently
died. On assuming the new dignity. Abel
lard found that he had oRly exchanged one
evil for another that his licentious and un-
ruly monks were TOO iliterate to understand
even the language which conveyed his re
proofs, and too abandoned 10 regard them u
understood. Al this time the abbot Oh 81
DENY. advanced and established a claim Of
that abbey to the convent of Areenteuil, G.
which Heloi,a was now the prioress, all
where she had resided seven years. Wht'
the nuns were by this event expelled tbs
convent, some of them were elsewhere e
,ablished by Suger, but for others, among
whom was Heloisa, no provision was mace
Abeillard invited her and her helpless as
SOCRATES TO the Paraclete, and after sepa
ration oil seven years, an interview occurred
between the treacherous lover and his faith
full bride. Time and calamity had impalre'
the graceful appearance of Abeiilard. am.
his heart, naturally cold, had been con-
gealed by persecution but Heloisa, not
yet twenty EIGHT years old, was still love- y
secluson had impaired an affecting penslve
mesa to her manner, and augmented the &C
complsbments of her mind. OF the new H.
stitution then formed at the Paraclete, ste
49, ~ al kor OH haa YIN.