ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER Saints celebrated on the 12th of September WELCOME! SAINT EANSWIDE, VIRGIN AND ABBESS (Seventh Age.) Saint Ethelbert, the first Christian king among the English, was succeeded in the kingdom of Kent by his son Eadbald, who, though he was at first an impious and idolatrous prince, became afterwards a zealous Christian, and a fervent penitent, as appears from his religious foundations, and from the letters which were addressed to him by the popes. THE SANCTITY OF HER LIFE His daughter Eanswide [Eanswith, Eanswythe] added lustre to her birth by the eminent sanctity of her life. The great truths of our holy religion sunk so deep in her tender heart, that, from her infancy, her whole delight was in prayer and the love of God. HER WHOLE DELIGHT WAS IN PRAYER AND THE LOVE OF GOD Hence she despised the world, and all its foolish vanities and amusements. She rejected all proposals that tended to engage her in marriage, fearing the dutie...