Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1866-06-30
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AnEuatIae vas 80 AfFlcsn.
born q 'Tsgpste. ! ssY q Ns@ia
S54 His father Has : psglp. ass
mother. Monica, . ChsiStias OfssraA
piety. Who lsngod With sssssd'ns d
sire gOr hsr sons conversion. le bis
bO,hOUd. falling sriausIy ". be desir'
Cd 10 submit TO The ritA Of baptism bot.
ths danger being sssf'ed. the 'i's Ws'
deferred. A. be vsSup. be morals
.scams corrupted, sad he 1aPssd into
Oroaigaie hsbiis. The psruaal. 10 be
uine.eenth year. OfCiesrOs HoFtenslu'
h. work aOw Vost). uade deep i@'
preston on biz uiDa, and stirred ~ish-
10 him srpir..lOus sNer . oo6l'F NE
At Ghis juneture he becsws . convert
Ofthe Nshicheans. aud for nine years
an able sdvOcsss d their cPiniosf
The Mauiehssans we're sect founded
BY ous Names sbOal 2el. Hs sosfOun'
del the teaching Of chriat With thar
II ZoroaSter, and bsld thst The gCV'
.rup.ut Of the usiverss Sss shsTsd %
.wt powers, one good and TIE ether
bad: the xrst, uaieh be called Light.
did Ro,hirE but good the second.
which hp called Dsrkness, did nothing
but evil. Meanwhile, Augustine 'aught
grammar at Tsgsste. and then rhetoric
a. Carthage, bat growing diagu'ted
With the vicious charater Of be pupils,
he determined to gotO Rons. much
against the viii Of bis mother In
Rome he attracted many scholars.
bu, finding them better than on the
other side Of tho Mcliisrranssn, hS
removed to Milsa, whcre he wss elect
cd professor d rLStoric. TIE H.
,rspid Ambscss ruled at that tine ss
archbishop in Milan. and By bis ain
is.ry Augustine was delivered from
the Manlch@an heresy. The V"-
cation Of 3S6, be spent At the country
seat Of his friend Verecundus. 10 the
diligeDt ,tudy Of the ScriPtursE and
10 the Easter of the following year. be
with his son AdrOdatuS, 9 youth Of
singular grnius. vas baptized BY Am
brore. Shortly after, bis fatbfui
mother rejoicing 10 the frlflmsntOf
her prayers, visited MilaD. snd poI-
suadrd him to roIqrO to Africa. hrt "
their way thithcr sho fel slsE. ard
died at Ostia Augustine, assOciat-
Jog himself with eleven piouS men, re
tired to q villa outside the walls Of
Hippo. and passed three years 10
monassic seclusion. in fasting praying.
study, and meditation He entered
the priesthood in S9l; aud ct .
church council he spoke With such
vgour aud learning that he was, With
common cOusent. raised to The bishop.
rie of 4 ippp in s96 10 defence snd
ulu.traiioT Of The CHI ian Iaish. ha
ssae spa !, aa'F ~ rem -
Iha 81 v9rk,
Eis 5fg~a Is heiioved to have
0 rnpied him sfenteen Years. In
4SO, 'he Vandals, having overran
Africa, laid siege to Hippo. aud
Augustine. an old man Of seventy .sis.
prayed for death oFe the OitT wss
taken. IN the third month Of the
siege. on the .gath of August. 8 fever
cut bin of, Theu the city, some
months after biz death. wss esptured
aud burned, the library Was tOFt mate
y saved which contained bis vOlu,
m;nous writings-tWO hundred and
thirty two separate books or treatise
or theological subjects, beeidOs q con.
plste exposition Of the psalteE sSd the
gospel, and q eopious magazine Of
episilsS . d homilies. The best &C.
count Of AHgus,iae s tOuOd 10 bis
Confessions. in which, With uDGinch.
ling and bOrrowtul courage, be records
the excesses Of bis youth and the pro-
grsss Of bis life in Christ.