shipwreck, but that he allowed us to fall into distress and such an extreme peril to hang over us. For St. Paul bids us ‘in everything give thanks.’ ” But Chrysostom was not alone. The hermits came flocking into the city. Careless of the people while the people were happy and safe, when the dark days came they left their mountain caves and desert cells, and, besieging the government palace, they offered to die for the people. As the commissioners were passing to the court on the day after their arrival,