Sagui, in Hindu mythology, is the second stage of blessedness in the paradise of Vishnu. See Hinduisji.
Sahadiitha. See Jegar-Saifadutha.
Sahidic (or Thebaic) Version. See Egyptian Versions.
Sahuguet, Marc Ren^, abbe d'Espagnac, was born at Brivcs, in 1753. Being destined for the Church, he received orders, and was soon appointed canon of Paris. He gave himself principally to literary pursuits, and his earlier essays have received just praise. In 1782 he be- came advisory clerk of Parliament, and soon developed a great love of riches. The agent and friend of Calonne, he only engaged in those enterprises which would in- crease his wealth. Among his operations was a specu- lation in shares of the East India Company, which was so scandalous as to oblige the government to can- cel the whole bargain. After the disgrace of Calonne, the abbe d'Espagnac was exiled, though he was still canon of Notre Dame. In 1789 he returned to Paris and associated himself with the so-called Club of 178^. At the same time he was a friend of the Jacobins, whose influence procured for him the office of purveyor to the army of the Alps. He was very soon denounced by Cambon and put under sentence of arrest for engaging in fraudulent business transactions, but succeeded in clearing himself. Having gained his liberty, he at- tached himself to the army of Dumouricz, and by vari- ous means acquired an immense fortune. But at the revolt of Dumouriez, Sahuguet was arrested, and tried as an accomplice in a conspiracy to corrupt the govern- ment. He was found guilty, and executed at Paris, April 5, 1794. Of his literary works there are a few remaining which show considerable ability. The most nfiticeable are L'Eloge de Catinat, who was crowned by the French Academy in 1775, and Peflecrions sur I' Abbe
Siiger et sur son ISiede (1780) Hoefer, Nouv. Biog.
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Sail is the incorrect rendering in the passages Isa. xxxiii, 23 ; Ezek. xxvii, 7, of the Hebrew 03, iies, usu- ally a standard or ficif/staff, and in the passages in ques- tion a flag of a ship. In Acts xxvii, 17 it stands vague- ly for ffKEVog (a vessel or implement of any kind), which there designates the tackling, or sailing-apparatus in general of a ship. See, also. Main-sail.
Sailer, Joiiann Michael, a Koman Catholic bish- op of Katisbon, the originator of a tendency in German Catholicism, and one of the purest and noblest theologi- ans of the Church universal. His life lies between Nov. 17, 1751, and May 20, 1832. He was born near Schro- benhausen, in the bishopricof Augsburg, of upright, de- vout parents. His mother left upon his young heart an impression for which he expressed public thanks to the end of his days. His readiness in learning induced his father to send him in his tenth year to school at Munich. For tive or six years he earned his way as attendant on a young nobleman. Having finished his gj'mnasium studies at the age of nineteen, he entered as novitiate into the Jesuit Society at Landsberg, and passed three very studious j'ears. On the dissolution of the order (1773), he went to Ingolstadt, and pursued philosophy and theology until 1777, when he was con- secrated to the priesthood.
Up to his sixteenth year. Sailer suffered under a ten- der and often upbraiding conscience. IJut, finding a wise spiritual guide, he was now led to a clear, evangelical conversion. At his eighteenth year he was troubled with historical doubts. An aged missionary from In- dia helped him, happily, over these. Cut other, even severer, temptations beset him subsequently. In 1777 he became repetitor publiciis of philosophy and theolo- gy at Ingolstadt. Here he formed intimate bonds with the zealous and devout pastor Fenebcrg, and with Win- kelhofer, the German Fenelon. In 1780 he was pro- moted to the chair of dogmatics. He now began his public literary activity, and published notes to the Imitatio Chrisli, also a prayer-book, which has enjoyed great popularity, and a discussion of the province of reason. From 1784 to 179-1 he served as professor of pastoral theology at the University of Dillingen — a very fruitful period. He planted evangelical princi- ples in the hearts of thousands of students, who in turn spread them throughout German Catholicism. He formed religious friendships with many eminent Prot- estants, especially Lavater, and with all who were ear- nesth' upholding religion against the inflooding of ration- alism. This finally brought persecution upon Sailer, and in 1794 he was abruptly dismissed from his chair. For a while he shared the hospitality of Winkelhofer in Munich, but then retired into greater privacy at Ebers- berg. The next six years brought to Sailer great spir- itual temptations. He was brought into the stream of earnest evangelical mysticism which centred in Martin Boos; but he was not entirely carried captive by it. Partially convinced that he still retained sometliing of the Pharisee and formalist, yet unable to break en- tirely away from Catholic tradition, he finally sought refuge and consolation in fervent prayer and active la- bor upon the souls of men. Not fully rising to the sub- jective self-assertion of Luther, he yet clung with his whole heart to Christ, and followed the examples of Fenelon and Francis de Sales. His piety resembled that of Charles \yesley, while his adhesion to Catholi- cism, though less passionate, was yet of the same type as Charles Wesley's devotion to the Establishment. In 1799, Sailer was again favored with a chair in Ingol- stadt. The next year the university was removed to Landshut. Here he labored with great fruitfuhiess un- til 1821. He lectured on ethics, pastoral theology, homiletics, pedagogics, liturgies, and served as univer- | sity preacher. His pen was also very busy. He at- tracted students from everj' part of Germany, and re- ceived many tempting calls to other fields, one of them to the archbishopric of Cologne ; but he declined them