The Confessions of Saint Augustine (Pilkington)
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Bishop of Hippo
The Confessions of St. Augustine
In Thirteen Books
Translated and Annotated by
J.G. Pilkington, M.A.,
“Thou has formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.”—Confessions, i. 1.
“The joy of the solemn service of Thy house constraineth to tears, when it is read of Thy younger son [Luke xv. 24] ‘that he was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’”—Ibid. viii. 6.
