...shews us how bishops in those days lived among their people. " 1t was," says the Saxon historian, " the highest commendation of his doctrine with all...followers had lived; for he neither sought nor loved any thing of this world, but delighted in distributing among the poor whatever was given him by the...

...multos, quos, pretio dato, redethe clergy a most salutary example of abstinence or con- AD ese. tinence ; it was the highest commendation of his doctrine, with...followers had lived ; for he neither sought nor loved any thing of this world, but delighted in distributing immediately among the poor whatsoever was given...

...to be enclosed." (Dean Murray, p. 37, note.) t Bede, book iii., ch. iv. Î Ibid, book iii., ch. v. he taught no otherwise than he and his followers had...neither sought nor loved anything of this world." He always went on foot, preached the Gospel to all that met him, incited and strengthened the faithful....

...other instructions for life, he left the clergy a most salutary example of abstinence and continence ; it was the highest commendation of his doctrine, with all men, that he taught no otherwise than the life which he and his followers lived ; for he neither cared to seek nor love anything of this...

...other instructions for life, he left the clergy a most salutary example of abstinence and continence ; it was the highest commendation of his doctrine, with all men, that he taught no otherwise than the life which he and his followers lived ; for he neither cared to seek nor love anything of this...

...man," he says, " of singular meekness, piety, and moderation ; zealous in the cause of God ;" " and it was the highest commendation of his doctrine with...no otherwise than he and his followers had lived." Aidan being unacquainted with the Saxon tongue, Oswald acted as his interpreter until he acquired the...

...Aidan is represented as " leaving the clergy a most salutary example of abstinence or continence ; it was the highest commendation of his doctrine, with all men, that he taught no otherwise than as he and his followers had lived." He travelled usually on foot, and wherever he met any man, whether...

...faith, and lived in holiness. As he himself says of Aidan, so it may as truly be said of himself, ' It was the highest commendation of his doctrine with...given him by the kings or rich men of the world.' Such lives are the great signs that follow Christ still, and that open np the way for Him in all hearts....

...portrait of his character : " He was a man of singular meekness, piety, and zeal." " It was the greatest commendation of his doctrine with all men, that he taught no otherwise than he and his followers lived. He neither sought nor loved anything of this world, but delighted in distributing immediately...

...were as few as his ardour and zeal in the service of the Christian faith were great. Bede says that " it was the highest commendation of his doctrine with...otherwise than he and his followers had lived : for he * According to Bede : " You did not at first, conformably to the apostolic rule, give them the milk...