conbk13 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK THIRTEEN CHAPTER I I call on thee, my God, my Mercy, who madest me and didst not forget me, though I was forgetful of thee. I…

conbk12 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TWELVE CHAPTER I My heart is deeply stirred, O Lord, when in this poor life of mine the words of thy Holy Scripture strike upon it.…

conbk11 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK ELEVEN CHAPTER I Is it possible, O Lord, that, since thou art in eternity, thou art ignorant of what I am saying to thee? Or, dost…

conbk10 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK TEN CHAPTER I Let me know thee, O my Knower; let me know thee even as I am known.1 O Strength of my soul, enter it…

conbk09 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK NINE CHAPTER I "O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds. I will…

conbk08 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK EIGHT CHAPTER I O my God, let me remember with gratitude and confess to thee thy mercies toward me. Let my bones be bathed in thy…

conbk07 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK SEVEN CHAPTER I Dead now was that evil and shameful youth of mine, and I was passing into full manhood.1 As I increased in years, the…

conbk06 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK SIX CHAPTER I O Hope from my youth,1 where wast thou to me and where hadst thou gone away?2 For hadst thou not created me and…

conbk05 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK FIVE CHAPTER I Accept this sacrifice of my confessions from the hand of my tongue. Thou didst form it and hast prompted it to praise thy…

conbk04 AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS BOOK FOUR CHAPTER I During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I went astray and led others astray. I was deceived…