CHAPTER XXVI. HERESIES "Spirit Stirred in Him "-Pelagius-His Errors A Wanderer-Tender Appeal—"Forget He is a Chris- tian ""Not my Fault "-" Evil Heart is Sin "-" Not Steal Thy Glory "-"Infinite Hazards "-"Lord Our CHAPTER XXVII. A Superstition-Church Declining-Upas Tree-Augustine's Preservative-Sacramentarianism not the Living Man-Weeds and Cedars-A Soul-seek- ing Minister" Servile Usages "-" Chaff and Tares "- Baptism -"Starve in Midst of Plenty "-" Lurking Ven- om "- Breathings-A Parallel-Christ All-Massive Theology-The Two Adams-The Scriptures-Deepen- ing Relish-Neander-Dean Trench-" Rapturous De- light"-"Wells of Salvation "-" Drawing Dry "_"No Time for Bible "—"Confessional "-"Ad ipsum Domi- num "The Side-chamber and the Word-"In Heart CHAPTER XXVIII. "Toiling in Rowing "-Trials-Hard Hearts-"Not Saved without You"-His One Business-"Preach unto Christ". "Pray before you Speak"-Another Trial - Empire Reeling-The Goths-A Pagan Calumny-Apology— City of God"-- Decline and Fall Real Cause- "Seeds of Dissolution "-- Christians Spared-Heavenly -Care of Flock-Catechising-"Speak Cheerfully "- "In God's Hands"-A Spiritual Automaton-Safe- guard—“Love in Heart"-Longings-"His own Flesh" -"Our own Blood in His Veins "-Acceptance in Heaven, and Rejection on Earth-Rejoicing in the Lord -Rejoicing in the World-Breathings - -"Spouse of Christ "The Glory-Veteran Preachers-Fresh Les- sons-Waiting on God-" In that Hour"-Not a Fanat- ic-Labour- 66 Prayer and Study "-Mellowed Light- CHAPTER XXIX. LAST DAYS. - Approaching End-The Vandals--Invasion -"Beasts of - Aspirations Sick-chamber Homeward-Bound I. "Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, "Go thy ways, and God bless thee; for it is not possible that the son of these tears should perish." So spoke, one evening, a holy man in North Africa to a weeping mother who had begged his friendly offices in behalf of her erring son. The answer she "took as if it had sounded from heaven." The prodigal was the future AUGUSTINE-the weeping mother was Monica. In the little town of Thegaste, not far from Carthage, there lived in those days a family in middle life, known among the pagan neighbors as "a Christian house." The soul of the household was "a certain decrepid maid," who, |