Amincewa da Ayyuka na Yau: Takeauki St. Augustine a matsayin misali

Matasan Augustine. Ilimin kimiyya da basira ba su da wani amfani ba tare da tawali'u ba: girman kai da girman kai da ladabi, ya faɗa cikin irin waɗannan kurakurai tare da Manichaeans waɗanda, daga baya, suka ba kansa mamaki. Lallai, kamar yadda aka shirya faduwar wulakanci mafi girma ga masu girman kai, haka Augustine ya shiga cikin ƙazamta! A banza zuciyarsa ta buga kuma mahaifiyarsa ta tsawata masa; ya ga kansa a kan hanya mara kyau, amma koyaushe ya ce gobe ... Shin ba batunku ba ne?

Juyin Augustine. Mai haƙuri, Allah, ya jira shekara talatin. Kyakkyawan alheri kuma menene tushen ƙarfin ƙarfi a gare mu! Amma Augustine, da yake ya san kuskurensa, sai ya ƙasƙantar da kansa, ya yi ta kuka. Juyawar da ya yi da gaske ne cewa ba ya jin tsoron bayyana furcinsa ga jama'a a matsayin gyara ga girman kansa; yana da yawan gaske cewa, har ya zuwa ga abin tsoro, zunubi yana guduwa a sauran rayuwa ... Amma ku, bayan yawan zunubai, menene tubarku?

Ofaunar Augustine. Kawai cikin tsananin kauna ya sami hanyar tuba na zuciya da kuma hanyar biyan diyya ga Allah na shekarun da suka bata. Ya koka da wata zuciya da karama ta fi so; cikin Allah shi kaɗai ya sami kwanciyar hankali; saboda kaunarsa ya sanya azumi, ya juyo rayuka, ya hurawa 'yan'uwansa kauna; kuma kowace rana yayin da ya fara karawa, sai ya zama seraph na soyayya. Kadan nayi domin kaunar Allah! Ta yaya misalin Waliyyai dole ne ya wulakanta mu!

AIKI. - Yana yin komai tare da tsananin kauna don kwaikwayon Waliyi; karanta Pater uku zuwa St. Augustine.