Lanterna Rally

Author: Charles Rogers

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9781332335459

Excerpt from Historical Notices of St. Anthony's Monastery, Leith, and Rehearsal of Events: Which Occurred in the North of Scotland From 1635 to 1645 in Relation to the National Covenant; Edited From a Contemporary Ms. The patriarch of monks, St Anthony, is one of the most notable saints in the Romish calendar. He was born A.D. 251, at Coma, or Great Heracleopolis, in Upper Egypt. His parents, who were Christians, kept him at home, fearing that through bad example his manners might be tainted. When he was under twenty his parents died, leaving him and an only sister, as their inheritance, an estate, in extent equal to a hundred and twenty British acres. Imperfectly instructed in sacred knowledge, Anthony was influenced by a strong religious enthusiasm. Inducing his sister to concur with him, he disposed of their inheritance, in the belief that he was thereby fulfilling the divine command. The money which he received for his land he distributed among the poor, and adopted the life of an ascetic. He did not eat before sunset, and often fasted for two and three days together. He subsisted on bread, salt and water, abstained from washing his body, and clothed himself in a coarse shirt of hair. For a time Anthony cherished monachism in his native village; he subsequently withdrew to the desert, abandoning human society. In A.D. 285 he crossed the eastern branch of the Nile, and established his abode in the ruin of an old castle on the top of the mountains, where for twenty year he indulged a rigorous seclusion. In A.D. 305 he abandoned his retreat at the request of a number of persons, who, resorting to him for advice, desired to live under his direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.