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Augustine’s thirty-second year. He consults Simplicianus; from —
him hears the history of the conversion of Victorinus, and longs to devote himself entirely to God, but is mastered by his old habits; is still further roused by the history of St. Antony, and of the conversion of two courtiers; during a. severe struggle, hears a voice from heaven, opens Scripture, and is converted.
BN. 8 na as « Wd 9 Sues aE «8 apie nia ae 133 Augustine determines to devote his life to God, and to abandon his profession of Rhetoric, quietly however; retires to the coun- try to prepare himself to receive the grace of Baptism, and is baptised with Alypius, and his son Adeodatus. At Ostia, in his way to Africa, his mother Monnica dies. Her life and character.