Methods of early Christian missionary work . life could not possibly have spread so were numerous, and extremely rigid, and yet the veryfact that these rules were needed seems to prove that lifein the monastery had more than the religious side. It was for the missionary to organize thework in these centers, for here lived people of differentinterests and of various temperaments. The monks neededfood, clothing, and the ordinary necessities of life, andit was the leaders duty to give each man his part, and tosee that it was accomplished. The missionary must also becareful lest the
Methods of early Christian missionary work . life could not possibly have spread so were numerous, and extremely rigid, and yet the veryfact that these rules were needed seems to prove that lifein the monastery had more than the religious side. It was for the missionary to organize thework in these centers, for here lived people of differentinterests and of various temperaments. The monks neededfood, clothing, and the ordinary necessities of life, andit was the leaders duty to give each man his part, and tosee that it was accomplished. The missionary must also becareful lest the religious life be neglected for the —0000- = 1. To us in America, the missions described seem far offand unreal, and yet to tnose who have visited the SanGabriel mission in California and have seen the littlechurch with its tower and bells, the cemetery on theone 3ide, and the vineyard on the other, the adooehomes by the roadside, and the whole surrounded by abroken down wall; to tnose tnis picture of tne monasteriesis more of a -22- secular, and lest education, which was tne real object oftne founding of the monastery, be lost sight of. To ac-complish this, Columbanus divided the work of the monls underhis care into two parts: the regular ascetic exercise, andthe practical and useful agricultural At Ionathe monks themselves were separated into three classes:those who attended to the religious service, instruction,and the transcribing of the scriptures; the working brethrendevoted to agriculture, the tending of the cattle, and thedomestic labor; and tnose who were distinctly under The evangelistic work of tne monastery wascarried on by three quite definite methods: preaching,catechizing, and letter writing. We read in the Acts that the first missionarieswno attempted to preach in Home, in Greece, and in Asia, dueto the gift of tongues, were not obstructed in their workby the lack or ability to speak various languages. Butsuch equipment was not
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