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CONVERSATION X XI X.
RESTAURATION OF SPIRIT.
SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.
Idea of the Supernatural. - Interview between Jesus and Nicodemus,
from the Sacred Text. — Type of Retribution. — Naughtiness. — Im.
aginative Faith. — Ideality of Jesus. – Sense of Supernatural. -
Restauration. — Idea of Spiritual Renewal. — Peccability of Child-
hood. – Emblem of Spiritual Agency. Type of Self-Sacrifice.
Type of Conscience. — Open-heartedness,
CONVERSATION X X X.
SPIRITUAL UNION.
FAITH AND LOVE.
John's Testimony to Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Efficacy of Faith.
- Supremacy of Spirit. laternal and Filial Union. — Perpetuity of
Spirit. Idea of Death and leaven. – Type of Spiritual Union. –
Faith in the Supernatural. — Supremacy of Faith. - Retribution.
Spiritual Union,
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CONVERSATION X X XI.
SPIRITUAL INTREPIDITY,
COURAGE AND PUSILLANIMITY.
Imprisonment of John the Baptist, from the Sacred Text. — Spiritual
Restraint. Moral Courage. — Power of Reproof. — Connexion be-
tween Self-Indulgence and Cowardice. — Repentance. - Emblem of
Self-Indulgence. - Spiritual Illumination,
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Interview between Jesus and the Woman of Samaria, from the Sacred
Text. - Emblem of Holiness. Blindness of Sensualism. Materi-
alism of the Outward Senses. - Sensuality. Emblem of Spiritual
Purity, - Emblem of Sensuality. – Fruits of Purity. — Fruits of
Impurity. — Spiritual Renewal. Perpetuity of Holiness. - Wea-
riness of Spirit. Spiritual Purity. — Immortality,
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CONVERSATION X X XIII.
SPIRITUAL WORSHIP.
PRAYER AND PRAISE.
Conversation of Jesus with the Samaritan Woman, from the Sacred
Text. — Immortality. — Emblem of Holiness. — Idolatry. — Spiritual
Worship. – Sincerity. – Idea of prayer. — Actual Prayer. — Respon-
sive Prayer. Ritual of Worship. — Prayer of Faith. Forgiveness.
Dramatic Prayer. Devotion to the loly. - Idea of Universal
Adoration and Praise. - Reverence of the Godlike in Conscience.
Reverence of Humanity. - Reverence of the INVISIBLE. - Admira-
tion of Nature. – Spiritual Awe. - Supremacy of Spirit over Nature.
- Worldliness. — Release fiom the Flesh. - Instinct of Adoration in
Infancy. — Subject,
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CONVERSATION X X XIV.
SPIRITUAL SUBSISTENCE.
DUTY.
Conversation of Jesus with his Disciples, from the Sacred Text. - Em-
blem of Spiritual Excellence. — Piety. - Philanthropy. - Spirituali-
ty. - Spiritual Obedience. — Practical Duties. — Temperance.- End
of Life, - Diffusion of Good. - - Self-Knowledge,
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CONVERSATION X X X V.
QUICKENING AGENCY OF SPIRIT.
REANIMATION.
Healing of the Nobleman's Son, from the Sacred Text, Sensualism.
- Spiritualism. — Spiritual Faith. - Healing Agency of Faith. - Faith
and Reason. - · Pictures of the Curing. - Revival of Consciousness.
- Divine Radiance.- Primal Holiness or Depravity. - Sympathetic
Faith. - Ideal Physician. — School for Physical and Spiritual Culture, 95
Reading in the Synagogue at Nazareth, from the Sacred Text. -
Awe. — Moral Fearlessness. - Forbearance. --- Self-Reproof. — Awe
of Innocence. .- Natural in the Supernatural. — Preaching. - Preju-
dice and Partiality. – Moral Influence,
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CONVERSATION X X X VII.
INSPIRATION OF GENIUS.
DIVINE ELOQUENCE.
Jesus teaching on the Sabbath at Capernaum, from the Sacred Text. -
Effect of Eloquence. — Person and features of Jesus. — Gravity and
Sincerity.- Seriousness and Soberness. Eloquence. - Spiritual Per-
version. - Spir-itual Doctrine. - Agency of Faith. — Thought and
Language. - Genius. -- Supernatural in Conscience,
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CONVERSATION X X X VIII.
SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE.
EXAMPLE.
Review.- Sense of the Supernatural. - The Miraculous Draught of
Fishes, from the Sacred Text Emblem of Spiritual Force. -
Example. — Amusemeut. — Emblem of Cruelty.- Idea of the Mira-
cle. — Emblem of Providence. - Pictures of the Scene. — Impres-
sion of Holiness. Astonishment. — Subject. — Cruel Sports,
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Review. - Casting out of the Unclean Spirits, from the Sacred Text.
Unclean Spirits. - Ideas and Emblems of Unclean Spirits. — Gene-
ration of Unclean Spirits. Generation of Demons or Devils. -
Sensuality. - Transformation of Appetites into Passions, Self-Accu-
eation. Phases of Appetite and Passion. - Cause of Insanity. - Self-
Denial. – Self-Mastery. — Reputation. — Application of the Subject.
- Theory of Demoniacal Possession,
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CONVERSATION XL.
SPIRITUAL INVIGORATION.
HEALING.
Healing of Peter's Wife's Mother, from the Sacred Text. — Gratitude.
- Healing Power of Faith. — Moral Influence. — Functions of Spirit.
- Efficacy of Faith. — Quickening Agency of Faith. - Ministry of
Punishment. — Example. — Appetites and Passions. — Evil Speaking.
- Self-Indulgence. — Illustration of Self-Mastery. - Love and Sym-
pathy. — Subject,
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CONVERSATION XLI.
MINISTRATION OF SPIRIT.
PHILANTHROPY.
Itinerant Ministry of Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Prayer. Practico
and Forms of Prayer. – Miracles, Spiritual and Material. – Philan-
thropy. — Philanthropists. – Idea of the Kingdom of God. . -- Divine
and Human Nature. — Idea of the Gospel. — Theory of Healing. –
Lunacy.- Subjcct. — Remarks,
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CONVERSATION XLII.
SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION.
FAITH.
Review.– The Cleansing of the Leper, from the Sacred Text. — Effica-
cy of Faith. — Idea of Compassion. — Illustrations. — Misapprehension
of Holiness. - Spiritual Influence. — Human Electricity. - Instances.
- Theory and Cause of Leprosy. – Homage. — Emblem of Humility.
- Subject,
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CONVERSATION XLIII.
APOSTACY OF SPIRIT.
IMPIETY.
Curing the Paralytic at Capernaum, from the Sacred Text. — Seat
and Ground of Faith. - Generation of Disease. - Pictures of the
Scene. – Healing Efficacy of Faith and Repentance. - Spiritual and
Physical Renewal. — Congenital Disease. - Origin of Physical Evil.
Temptation. — Blasphemy. -- Blasphemy of Humanity. — Subject.
- Remarks,
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CONVERSATION XLIV.
IMITATION OF SPIRIT.
DISCIPLESHIP.
Review. . - The Calling of Matthew, from the Sacred Text. — Ideas of
the Conversation.- Holiness. — Discipleship. - Influences of Nature,
- Pictures of the Scene. — Idea of Miracles. — Analogies. - Influence
of Example. — Practical Holiness.- Instances and Illustrations, -
Obedience of the Faculties. - Subject. — Close.
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CONVERSATION XLV.
SPIRITUAL INSTINCT.
SUPERSTITION.
Review.- Healing of the Impotent Man at the Pool of Bethesda, from
the Sacred Text. - Ideas and Pictures of the Scene. - Medicinal
Springs. — Superstition. - Awe of the Invisible.- Imaginative Fears.
- Ideas of the Miracle. -- Formality. Examples. -- Faith. --The
Conversation
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CONVERSATION XLVI.
RESURECTION OF SPIRIT.
SPIRITUAL REVIVAL.
Review.Conversation of Jesus with the Jews on the Cure of tho
Impotent Man, from the Sacred Text, Wholesome Food. - Re-
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