ORIGIN Of MONACHISM. 



feftine, fwarmed with this new fpccies of pietifts ; they 

 fpread themfelves even into ^Ethiopia and Abyffinia. 

 AH were difciples of Antonius, and heirs of his lofty 

 Tirtue. Every one ftrove, in his native country, to 

 emulate the life and energy of this mighty teacher. 

 One encouraged the other on this thorny path ; every 

 one extended this divine philofophy as far as he was 

 able- The difciples of Antonius, and their fcholars, 

 were vifited from the remoter! regions of the world. 

 The fublimity of their life, and their heroic perfe- 

 Teran.ce in it, made them at once famous and humble ; 

 for thefe great men were as defirous of remaining un- 

 known, fays Sozomen, as their vain fucceffors are 

 greedy of worldly applaufe- 



Antonius, however, had only found out a little path 

 t® heaven, and that not exceedingly frequented. His 

 difciple Pachomius was the firft, as is fuppofed, who 

 pointed out the highway to that blefTed abode ; for by 

 Isis inftitutions in ^Egypt he was properly the original 

 ibasndcr of all the monasteries in chriftendom. 



DISORDERED EYES. 



Mr. CAMPE's* account of the ■ diforder of his 

 eyes has perhaps affected none to whom you have com- 

 municated it, fo much as me ; for I too have expe- 

 rienced almoit all that he defcribes. -I flatter myfelf 

 that feme utility may alfo accrue from communicating 



* Sec before, vol, i. p. 339, 



my 



