Iftherefore the power of baptism and of chrism, (confirmation,) which arefar greater gifts, descended from the apostles to bishops; the power ofbinding and loosing also came to them. s, chiefly on the felicity of the blessed,to which both most ardently aspired, and which she was shortly to enjoy. The first victim of their rage was a venerable old man, namedMetras, or Metrius, whom they would have compelled t SAINT MATTHIAS, APOSTLE.
When their refection was prepared,instead of eating, he bade Paul sing psalms with him, then to sit downby the loaves, and at night, after praying together, to take his rest. erior calm, withinfinite spiritual advantages; and that every one is bound to standalways armed against its assaults. Andin his prologue he cries out aloud, that he addresses himself only tohim who is firmly resolved i Scholastica had worn, and the weight of the bread and measure of the wine which were the daily allowance for every monk.
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