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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.

brought the visitor to Abbâ Moses said unto him, “Behold, I brought thee to a man from a foreign land, and to an Egyptian, which of the two pleaseth thee?” And he answered and said unto him, “The Egyptian who hath just received me, and refreshed me.” And when one of the old men heard what had happened, he prayed to God, and said, “O Lord, shew me this matter; one fleeth from the world for Thy Name’s sake, and another receiveth and is gracious for Thy Name’s sake.” And behold, suddenly there appeared
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