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In the monastery are stored the priceless books narrating the historv of Christianity in 

 the tongue of every Christian nation. Slowly the Brotherhood of the Mount Sinai monks 

 is dymg out, there being but 20 or 25 at the present time. The life and the pay (not even 

 enough to buy tobacco) are not sufficient inducements for young recruits to join the forces 

 that year by year are growing smaller, and in the course of a few 3'ears the treasures of the 

 monastery will no doubt be removed, and the Mount Sinai Monastery will be only a memory 

 to remind one of the greatness of its founder — Justinian. 



1245 



