The Monks of the West From St Benedict to St Bernard volume 5
The Monks of the West From St Benedict to St Bernard volume 5
Charles Forbes Montalembert
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&c. " — Bakon. , 4n?i. , ad ann. 1022. Mabill. , ad ann. 1026. •" "E/cretj/as t7\u x^^P^ irpos, ry ffTTJdei rod j3aai. \eoji elweV Ovo^v dWo St'o/xat Trjs CTTJs ^affiXtlas, dX\' ^ tyju awT-qp'iav rfji 4'^XV^ "'"t'- — -4ci. S. Nili, ed. Cakiophylus, ap. Peetz, Script. , vol. Iv. P. 616. 3 GoUcshaus, an expressive term commonly used in Germany for a monastery. 232 FUNDAMENTAL TENDENCY OF miniatures ; for the convert who tilled the ground or kept the flocks ; for the monks who sang the praises of ...God in the choir of the church, who shared the labour of the peasant in the fields, who devoted themselves passionately to study in the solitude of their monasteries, — for all these chosen souls eternal salvation was the one pole of intelligence and of will, the ocean into which flowed all the currents of their thought. But in consecrating themselves entirely to God, they merited, according to the divine promise, that all other things should be added unto them ; and with their eyes always turned to that one only light, strength was given to them to last longer than the most powerful monarchies, to save all the treasures of literature and science, to write the history of ages illuminated by their virtue, to regenerate and sanctify art, to fill libraries with their books, to raise innumerable and gigantic monuments, to clear the soil of half Europe, to display all kinds of courage against all kinds of enemies, to suppress want by the power of charity ; and, after having thus lived, to die in transports of love and joy, having peace in their hearts and a smile upon their lips.
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