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Nragistrate. Pirates carried Gim aa5y
to Ireland il ms fifteenth year and
sold hila into slavery. Fer six yeas
he served as a shepherd slave. He
escaped and was re2aptured. He es-
capped a second time and went home
to Scotland
When he received the divine call
to devote his life to the conversion of
the Irish his parents opposed him
They said he already had experienced
enough sorrow in that land But he
was ready to forego comforts to en-
dure hardships, to leave home and ma
tive land if thereby the Irish ceIld
be saved 10 bring him to speedy de-
cisiOn the angel Victorious came to
him in a dream, saying: "The voice of
the Irish. We pray thee, holy youth.
to come and henceforth walk among
u.s.
He began his mission ameng his old
slave companions He started flst
Of all to give the gospel to his old
slayemaster, who, hearing of Patrick S
approach, killed himself He aimed
first to convert the chief of the clan.
and through him the elan itself. By
this methed he wrought all over Ire
land until every tribe heard and re-
ceived the new religion.
He established 365 church, baptlz-
ed by immersion $4,000 converts, and
ordained 450 preachers. He establish
ed schools: mills, factories, and stores
fer general merchandise. His schools
supplied all Brittany With mission
aries. He instilled into his converts
the principles if industry, sound
morals and good government. The
most celebrated of these schools was
at Armagh. At one time it had 1000
students. The Danes destroyed it in
the eighth century.
Patrick wrote two books, ''The
Epistle to Coroticus," and "Confes-
sions.' The former denounces Coro-
ticus for killing converts on the north
east coast CT Ireland the latter is
Patricks 5 autobiogra ply. These books
betlay a lack of classical learning.
Patrick calls himself unlearned and
rustic. In style he is crude and ar
chaic. His sentences are ungrammati-
cal and incorrect, but clear and com
pact. His written style in Latin cor
responds to Mr.. Mcody's in English.
Patrick seems to have qualified him
self in much the same manner as Mr..
Moody.
He was an ideal preacher. Simple,
but never commonplace; earnest, but
not confused; persuasive, but not dog
matte; aggressive, but always reas-
enable. Convicted that he was an am
bassadcr for Christ, he backed up his
preaching with the authority of God
Almighty.
Patrick came near being an ideal
missionary. Self-forgetful, he had
but enc ambition, and that to save the
irish. Obedient and faithful even un-
70 prosecution, he couI endure
hardness as good soldier cf the
cross. Endowed with practical turn
OF mind, he could grind corn, bail a
boat. doctor the sick, work a farm,
draw plans for buildings, and superin-
tend tn cir construction. But back of
It al lay noble purpose to trans
figure mems lives with the beauty OF
8 life of Jesus.
Nor was Patrick an ordinary Chris
tan. Savages and canibals surround