Great on June 14th, the day of his episcopal ordination; but he is not commemorated in the Church of England, although many with inferior claims are mentioned in her calendar. His works consist of Homilies, and Commentaries on Holy Scripture. His style is pure and elegant, and his thoughts full of devotion and grandeur. But neither his learning nor his eloquence are to be compared with his humility and his courage. Butler thus sums up his character: "This is the only true greatness. If the saint with his extraordinary talents had made a fortune in the world, gained applause, riches, and the first honours in the empire, what would all this have availed him? What advantage is it now to Demosthenes or Cicero to have been the masters of eloquence. True Christian virtue is the only solid glory, and real good. Basil was only great, because he devoted himself and all his talents to the glory of God, and to procure advantages that surpass all things temporal, and which never fade."

ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

Preacher and Saint, whose name is Eloquence,
Well call'd they "Golden" thine impassion'd tongue,
On which Truth sat, and glowing manly sense,
And words that stand the fire, in wisdom strong,

And strong in charity. Th' imperial town
Throng'd round thee, and drunk in thy stern reproof,
Touch'd by thy saintly spirit; vice hung down
Her flower-wreathed head, court favour stood aloof.

Nor less thy zeal, in Nazianzen's chair,
That the King's daughter with her priestly choir
Might shine within. While thus thy deeds declare
Christ's Presence, wonder not if friends conspire

Against thee; forc'd near the rude Caspian main
To drink thy Master's Cup in exile, want, and pain.

THE CATHEDRAL.

LIFE OF ST. CHRYSOSTOM.

CHAPTER I.

"For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense."

MILTON.

CHRYSOSTOM'S ELOQUENCE-TESTIMONIES TO IT-HIS PARENTAGE DEATH OF HIS FATHER HIS EDUCATIONENTERS THE LEGAL PROFESSION-LEAVES IT-HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH BASIL-INCLINATION TOWARDS THE MONASTIC LIFE HIS MOTHER'S REMONSTRANCES-HE CONSENTS TO CONTINUE IN HER HOUSE.

We have spoken, in the life of St. Athanasius, somewhat disparagingly of Antioch and her school, but we must not forget that, though from thence sprung the heretic Arius and his followers, she was also the parent of many holy men; and among them of one than whom there are few whose names have claimed a more universal reverence than St. John Chrysostom, or "the Golden Lips," an appellation gained for him by his wonderful eloquence, and which, from the effect