The Lives of the Saints of Egypt
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Excerpt from The Lives of the Saints of Egypt: Together With the Principal of the European Saints, According to the Roman Catholic Church: Selected From the Rev. Alban Butler´s Lives of the Saints, Which Have Been Published With the Approbation of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Philadelphia and Baltimo In publishing the "Lives of the Saints of Egypt," by the Rev. Alban Butler, the undersigned cannot hut persuade himself that he is conferring upon the Catholic public of America a favour, which all those, who are acquainted with the merits of the work, will appreciate. Though this publication contains hut a portion of the "Lives of the Saints," considered as an entire work, yet, as the principal lives are included in it, and as it is printed in a large, clear type, adapted to all eyes, it possesses many advantages for spreading wholesome information among all classes of readers. The large editions of the "Lives of the Saints," published some twenty-five years ago in Philadelphia, was too expensive for the poorer classes, by reason of its bulky size; and that which was published in Baltimore, in numbers, ten years ago, too much condensed, by the small print, for old and weak eyes. To obviate these two objections, the present form was fixed upon as the most proper for the great body of the people. Here the reader is presented with a beautiful book, in a convenient form, well adapted for the centre-table in the parlour - where it may often be taken up by the worldly-minded, of both sexes, merely to while away a moment; and well shall it be for their souls, if, during that moment, they shall catch the spirit of piety which it contains, and, induced by the large clear print, (not difficult to the eye,) continue to read on till they have finished the life of a St. Francis of Sales, or a St. Francis Borgia, or a St. Antony, or a Mary of Egypt. They may thus become saints themselves, by there accident, as many have done before them. St. Austin mentions two courtiers, who were moved on the spot to forsake the world, and became fervent monks, by accidentally reading the life of St. Antony. St. John Columbin, from a rich, covetous, and passionate nobleman, was changed into a saint, by casually reading the life of St. Mary of Egypt. The Duke of Joyeuse, Marshal of France, owed his conversion to the reading of the Life of St. Francis Borgia, which his servant had laid one evening on the table. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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