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IONA, OR ICOLMKILL.
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have been the fon of one of thofe Britifti Chriftians who had
taken refuge in Brittany, and who being, as a youth, carried off
by Irifh pirates to Ireland, became there the great means of
fpreading Chriftianity amongft the wild tribes of that ifland. A
great fchool of Chriftianity was eftabliftied at Bangor in the
county Down, which fent out many famous and indefatigable
men. One of thefe was St. Columb, who went over and fettled
on the barren ifland of Iona in the year 565, thirty-two years
before the arrival of St. Auguftine in England. There, with fome
of his Chriftian companions, he built an humble abode and an
humble church. Columb was a member of the Royal family
of Ireland, a grandfon of Fergus, and his original name was
Crimthan but the name of Columba, or the Dove, was given
him on account of his meeknefs. Amid this ftormy ocean they
eftabliftied a feminary of Chriftian education, Columba main-
taining the moft fimple life, and having a ftone for his pillow.
“ The fages of Iona,” fays D’Aubigne, “ knew nothing of
tranfubftantiation, or the withdrawal of the cup in the Lord’s
Supper, or of auricular confeflion, or of the prayers to the dead,
or tapers, or incenfe; they celebrated Eafter on a different day
from Rome. Synodal affemblies regulated the affairs of the
church, and the Papal fupremacy was unknown. The fun of
the gofpel flione upon thefe wild and diftant fhores. In after
years, it was the privilege of Great Britain to recover with
purer luftre the fame fun and the fame gofpel.” St. Columb
and his companions and followers at Iona were the great mis-
fionaries of the Chriftian faith amongft the Pidts of Scotland.
From the fame primitive fchool, bearing their independence
boldly againft Rome, went forth from Iona and Bangor a noble
hoft. Columbanus, a younger and different man from Columb,
went forth with his friend Gall into Switzerland and France.
They eftabliftied Chriftian fchools in the Vofges, and founded
47
have been the fon of one of thofe Britifti Chriftians who had
taken refuge in Brittany, and who being, as a youth, carried off
by Irifh pirates to Ireland, became there the great means of
fpreading Chriftianity amongft the wild tribes of that ifland. A
great fchool of Chriftianity was eftabliftied at Bangor in the
county Down, which fent out many famous and indefatigable
men. One of thefe was St. Columb, who went over and fettled
on the barren ifland of Iona in the year 565, thirty-two years
before the arrival of St. Auguftine in England. There, with fome
of his Chriftian companions, he built an humble abode and an
humble church. Columb was a member of the Royal family
of Ireland, a grandfon of Fergus, and his original name was
Crimthan but the name of Columba, or the Dove, was given
him on account of his meeknefs. Amid this ftormy ocean they
eftabliftied a feminary of Chriftian education, Columba main-
taining the moft fimple life, and having a ftone for his pillow.
“ The fages of Iona,” fays D’Aubigne, “ knew nothing of
tranfubftantiation, or the withdrawal of the cup in the Lord’s
Supper, or of auricular confeflion, or of the prayers to the dead,
or tapers, or incenfe; they celebrated Eafter on a different day
from Rome. Synodal affemblies regulated the affairs of the
church, and the Papal fupremacy was unknown. The fun of
the gofpel flione upon thefe wild and diftant fhores. In after
years, it was the privilege of Great Britain to recover with
purer luftre the fame fun and the fame gofpel.” St. Columb
and his companions and followers at Iona were the great mis-
fionaries of the Chriftian faith amongft the Pidts of Scotland.
From the fame primitive fchool, bearing their independence
boldly againft Rome, went forth from Iona and Bangor a noble
hoft. Columbanus, a younger and different man from Columb,
went forth with his friend Gall into Switzerland and France.
They eftabliftied Chriftian fchools in the Vofges, and founded