Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

A CHRISTIAN ROMANCE. 4/7
CHAPTER X.
And from this place Alexander and his soldiers Alexander
journeyed into a desert region where there were "^e abode
no houses, and as he was travelling along mounted °'j^"|^'*^°''
on his horse, his horse was seized by the Spirit,
and he arrived in the high places of the earth;
and it brought him into the spiritual tabernacle
wherein Enoch and Elijah dwelt. And he came
down from his horse and paid homage unto
them, and he said unto them, "O my lords, are
"ye creatures who belong to the human race and
"to the children of men, or are ye of [the number
"of] spiritual beings?" Now their faces were white
like the blossom of the rose, and their teeth and
hair were whiter than milk, and their eyes shone
brighter than the star of the morning, and their
stature was lofty, and the look which was on their
faces was gracious. And it came to pass that
when the king had said this, they stood up, and
prayed, and blessed him, and they spake unto
him, saying, "We are men like unto thyself and
"thou hast come hither by the Will of God Al- speech of
"mighty; tell us now, master, by what means thou Enoch.
"hast come to us. I am Elijah and this is Enoch,
"whom God Almighty hid from death. And thou,
"O blessed art thou, for thou hast become a
"dwelling-place for the Holy Spirit by reason of
"the purity of thy body. Thou hast preferred the
"things of heaven and hast rejected the lust of
"the flesh, therefore, because of thy virtue, God
^