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You write that you are all against old age; but only yours and K-on the cell are confirmed in that. It is necessary that you have the fruits of spiritual life - humility! See if you have it in you? When you humiliate them (those who do not observe the revelations of conscience) and place them below yourselves by dispensation, then it is obvious that you have acquired the opposite fruit; but one should consider oneself the worst of all, and not see vices in others: then they too would be built on the same foundation; Having seen the nasty fruit, they are tempted. Who knows someone else's conscience? They, perhaps, have true humility and inner self-reproach, inaccessible to the vision of the obsessed; Otherwise, the Lord arranges their salvation in another way: through sorrows or illnesses, as He Himself knows, for whom it benefits. R. S. Moreover, I am sending you for your blessing a recently published book in Russian translation of the skete alphabetical Patericon, entitled: Memorable tales about the life and exploits of St. fathers - for the benefit of your sisters and others who want honor and use; and if anyone wants to have this book, they can order it from the office of the board of the Moscow Theological Academy, sending there money 1 ruble. 50 k. silver; for clergy they do not charge for postage when they are issued directly from the office. 1845. You might be interested in: