Inspiration of the What does the light mean? Human Faculties. SEVERALLY. Mind. Faith. Truth. Wisdom. Love. Goodness. Spirit. MR. ALCOTT. Who was the brightest and most took a body; the most full of shining spirit that ever OTHERS. God. (See note 38.) MR. ALCOTT. How does Jesus light every man? JOSIAH. We may be compared to candles, and John may be compared to a large candle in the middle of all the rest. And Jesus comes to light all the candles. WILLIAM B. Jesus is the fire which kindles. Inspiration of Reason. (Mr. Alcott read) "Who was in the world, and the world knew him not?" SEVERALLY. God. Jesus. John. MR. ALCOTT. How is God in the world, and the world does not know him? JOSIAH. The sense is, God is in our spirits, yet cannot be seen, because he is a spirit, which cannot be seen by our outward eyes. Inspiration of CHARLES. God is in our spirits, but he is nothing to our senses. (See Note 39.) (Mr. Alcott read) "He came to his own;" to whom? SEVERALLY. To men. To his own dominion. To our spirits. To both the outward and the inward world. (Mr. Alcott read) "And his own received him not." LUCIA. His own family did not believe in him. MR. ALCOTT. What is meant by "Sons of God"? SEVERALLY. Angels. Our spirits. MR. ALCOTT. How can we become angels; sons? SEVERAL. By Love and faith. MR. ALCOTT. What is meant by "will of Inspiration the flesh"? (See Note 40.) of Will. LEMUEL. Appetite. MR. ALCOTT. What by the "will of man"? MR. ALCOTT. What is the "will of God"? MR. ALCOTT. When God's will is in action, what is it called? CHARLES. Creation. MR. ALCOTT. What does he create? SEVERALLY. Happiness. Goodness. Holiness. Incarnation of Spirit. MR. ALCOTT. How was the "Word made flesh"? (See Note 42.) (No answer.) What did we call the Word the other day? ALL. Spirit. MR. ALCOTT. What did we call flesh ? ALL. Body. MR. ALCOTT. How does our spirit manifest to the eyes its existence on earth? FRANKLIN, LUCIA, &c. By the body. MR. ALCOTT. Then the use of the body is to show that a particular person exists on earth? And how does this person manifest that love exists in his spirit? CHARLES. By expression. SEVERAL. Of the eyes; of the countenance. MR. ALCOTT. How does kindness show itself to the eyes? WELLES. By actions; kind actions. MR. ALCOTT. The spirit of Jesus, born of God and having taken a body, is called the only begotten Son of God. (See Note 43.) Inspiration of What does it mean by "it dwelt among us"? ONE. Jesus lived on earth. MR. ALCOTT. What is the glory of the only begot ten? SEVERALLY. Faith. Love. Truth. Holiness. Wisdom. MR. ALCOTT. Grace means that which favors, assists. What does it favor us with? SEVERAL. Holiness. وو MR. ALCOTT. "For he was before me. Who? SEVERAL. The spirit of Christ. MR. ALCOTT. Whose body came first? ALL. John's. MR. ALCOTT. "We have received of his fulness." Who ? ALL. The disciples. MR. ALCOTT. law? "The law came by Moses." What SEVERAL. The commandments. MR. ALCOTT. How does the law of Moses differ from the law of the Gospels? Law of Filial Union. LUCIA AND OTHERS. Not so much holiness could be brought out by it. MR. ALCOTT. What is meant by the Son, LUCIA. An emblem of God's love. MR. ALCOTT. How many of you think your spirits are in the bosom of God? (Several.) FRANCIS. If we love God. MR. ALCOTT. ALL. Christ. Who has declared God ? MR. ALCOTT. What in you declares God? MR. ALCOTT. Have you all this spirit assuring you that God is in you and loves? (They held up hands.) Do any of you think so because your parents, teachers, or ministers, say so? (Many held up hands.) ANDREW. I feel it. MR. ALCOTT. To whom are we most indebted for knowledge of God? ALL. To Jesus. MR. ALCOTT. Our subject to day has been inspiration, as it was in our last conversation. In our next, we shall speak of outward facts. We are coming to the history of the appearing of spirit on the earth in a body to its advent. CONVERSATION V. ANNUNCIATION OF SPIRIT TO PATERNITY. PATERNAL SENTIMENT. V. EVIDENCE OF PATERNAL SENTIMENT. Annunciation of John the Baptist. - Vision of Zacharias from the Sacred Text. Paternity. Vision of Paternity. - Consequences of Unbelief. - Obedience. - Emblem of Aspiration. - Theory of Visions. - Festival at Birth. - Idea of Holy Ghost. - Spiritual Culture. Intuition of Con science. Conception of Spirit. Review. MR. ALCOTT. What has been the subject of our conversations since we began the study of the Gospels? WILLIAM B. Our spirit. FRANKLIN. Christ's spirit. GEORGE K. Spirit. WILLIAM B. We spoke of the parts of spirit. (See Note 44.) MR. ALCOTT. What were some of its parts ? EDWARD B. Truth. ANDREW. Conscience. LUCY. The spirit's senses. (See Note 46.) Annunciation of MR. ALCOTT. I am now going to read John the Baptist. how that spirit-John's spirit, which you have decided came from God- took a body. It was about two thousand years ago, in the country of Judea. (See the Map.) It was governed by a king called Herod. Mr. A. then read the |