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| tai city Of London, which was then, a.
/ II had been in Roman times and Is to-
day. the richest and largest city In al
| England, were converted to Christian
| ity. Where the temples of Apollo anC
| Diana stood and where the two cathe-
drals of ST. Paul and Westminster now
stand, King Sebert determined to cree
the two churches which even then wer,
TO be dedicated, like their successors
! TO ST Paul and St. Peter.
The seven years work of Augustine
in England now comes To an end
Augustine" it has been said, was In
no sense one of the worlds heroes. He
| did not overtop his contemporaries In
moral grandeur as he did in physical
/ stature. He was not Gregory in wise
craftsmanship. a Columbus in mission
airy steadfastness. a Francis Xavier IN
| burning enthusiasm for souls or a Pat
terson I'm single minded conservation
Of life.
His monastic training favored con-
centration At the expense of sympathy
and exaggerated the value of a uniform
system His long residence in Rome
made his impatient OF disordered meth
Cd and chaotic organization. Unable
10 put himself in the place of others to
see with their eyes and TO think with
their thoughts. he could never. like St.
Paul. be "all things to all men in or
der that he might save some" To
him was given, as to the bulk of man.
kind only power to set before men the
standard Of a simple and consistent life
Of Christian discipline illuminated BY
60 1 9.
attractive and powerful over human
nature. not by the - hness OF excep-
tionAl gifts. but through the force OF
steady and noble purpose" Yet the
fame Of Augustine is enduring and
widespread wherever the Church Of
England or its branches are found
established. and like the Anglo Saxon
race. its great church has penetrated
TO the four corners of the globe.
Augustine builded better than he
knew. for little could h. dream as the
end drew near he lay down 20 sleep In
the northern porch OF the great mon
aStery that was then rising on It's foun-
dalton stones in Canterbury that his
missionary labors We're to be carried
on by others until all Of England should
confess the faith of Christ and then
the story which he had told. the truth
h. had preached. the religion he had
taught would be taken up and carried
across the sea TO rise with new energy
and force triumphant in the dawning
lie Of this great Christian republic 10
grow and increase with its mighty
power Of development. Amid the burn
ing sands OF India. in the forest glades
i'm distant and barbaric islands Of the
sea. the cross of Christ was destined
10 Dee set up by the people and the
church 10 whom he had given himself
when ne turned with a reluctant and
wavering heart away from his own
people and church on The Roman hills
to help form n new national church in
a great nation that was about 10 be
born. Surely we in America and Eng
land. who read the story ~ our own
religious history. have no right to sheer
and scott. nor 10 lose faith in the pow
er and efficiency Of Christian missions
in the ciyiIizing and redeeming force
that they bring into the lives OF ignor-
ant. degraded and superstitious men.
Monasticism. at least I'm Its ancient
form has done its work. No longer do
men live as once they lived in COM
but the splendid and heroic
courage and unselfish missionary de-
votion. the hunger for souls which was
once manifested in English mOnaS-
teries. until the sad times came when
its members had grown luxurious and
corrupt and the monastic vows Of pow
erty. chastity and obedience We're for
gotten. have been revealed elsewhere
and under different conditions. Thus
it is most fitting that on the ruins OF
that ancient monastery where Angus
tine lies buried. which did its noble
work. and when it failed, was de-
stroyed from tho earth. should arise
in this present century Of new mission
airy effort the falls Of st. Augustinc's
college from which the
English church sends forth today her
children 10 conquer tho dark world for
the cross Of Christ and to repay the
iebt which she owes to Augustine and
his comrades.