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The Paradise of the Holy Fathers, a compilation of the histories of the Desert Fathers—the Anchorites, recluses, monks, Cenobitics, and ascetics of the early Church— as translated by E. A. Wallis Budge from the original Syriac manuscripts. Volume two includes the sayings of the Fathers.

WHEN Abbâ Arsenius was in the palace, he prayed to God, and said, “O Lord, direct me how to live”; and a voice came to him, saying, “Arsenius, flee from men, and thou shalt live.” 2. And when Arsenius was living the ascetic life in the monastery, he prayed to God the same prayer, and again he heard a voice saying
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