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shed some light over the path of Human Culture. He feels, that for children, if not for adults, he has delineated, and in a form which they can apprehend, the Divine Life of Jesus; and has urged upon them, through the mouths of his little ones, considerations and motives, fitted to inspire them with the noble ambition to strive to imitate his Example.

Temple No. 7. Boston, December, 1836.

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1. Testimony of External Senses, - Their Office; Fruits.

2. Testimony of Internal Senses, - Their Office; Intuition of Spirit;
Analysis of Functions and Offices; Terms,

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CONVERSATION

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TESTIMONY OF NATURE AND SCRIPTURE TO SPIRIT.

NATURE AND SCRIPTURE.

II. ANALOGICAL EVIDENCE.

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1. Physiological Facts. Reproduction and Growth; Light and Shade;
Incubation and Birth; Budding and Efflorescence; Fountain and
Stream.

2. Psychological Facts. Birth and Death; Renovation and Decay;
Sense of Imperfection; Standard of Perfection in Conscience; Idea
of Absolute and Derivative Being.

3. Historical Facts. Record of Spirit, or Scripture; General Preface to
the Gospels, from the Sacred Text; Credibility of Witnesses; Authen-
ticity of the Gospel Record; Sum of Results,

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CONVERSATION III.

REVELATION OF SPIRIT IN NATURE AND HUMANITY.

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INSPIRATION.

III. ONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE.

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Divine Genius of St. John the Evangelist. --The Incarnate Word,
from the Sacred Text. - Inspiration. Generation of Nature from
Spirit. Idea of Divinity and Creation. - Inspiration of Humanity.
Animation of Nature. Inspiration of Scripture. Idea of Per-
fect Humanity. Sense of Human Imperfection. Difference of
Humanity from Divinity. Likeness of Humanity to Divinity. -
Sense of Perfection in Conscience. Unity of God and Man.
Spiritual Presence. Filial Union of Man with God. - Incarnation
of Divinity. — Limitations of the Flesh. Self-Perfectibility. - Sub-
ject. Conclusion,

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CONVERSATION

IV.

TESTIMONY OF HUMANITY TO SPIRIT.

INSPIRATION.

IV. PROPHETIC EVIDENCE.

John the Herald of Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Reason and Inspira-
tion. Announcement of Spirit to the Senses. Descent of Spirit

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into Humanity. Idea of Angels; of Pre-Existence; of Prophets and
Prophecy. Intimation of Nature. - Prophetic Faculty. - Prophetic
Vision. Inspiration of Human Reason; of Human Understanding;
of Human Will. — Incarnation of Spirit to the Senses.
of Conscience. - Filial Union of the Soul with God,

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Inspiration

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CONVERSATION

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ANNUNCIATION OF SPIRIT TO PATERNITY.

PATERNAL SENTIMENT.

V. EVIDENCE OF PATERNAL SENTIMENT.

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Annunciation of John the Baptist. Vision of Zacharias, from the Sa-
cred Text. Paternity. Vision of Paternity. Consequences of
Unbelief. - Obedience. Emblem of Aspiration. Theory of Vis-
ions. Festival at Birth. Idea of Holy Ghost. Spiritual Culture.
Intuition of Conscience. - Conception of Spirit. -Close,

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CONVERSATION VI.

ANNUNCIATION OF SPIRIT TO MATERNITY.

CHASTITY.

VI. EVIDENCE OF MATERNAL SENTIMENT.

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Vision of Mary, from the Sacred Text. - Maternity. Purity of Body.
- Heralds of Genius. Idea of Dreams. Integrity of Dreams.
Origin of Disease. - Maternal Faith. - Perpetuity of Holiness.-
Divine Instinct of Human Generation.- Angels of Conception.
liness of Maternity,

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CONVERSATION VII.

INCARNATION OF SPIRIT.

GESTATION.

VII. EVIDENCE OF MATERNAL SYMPATHY.

Interview between Mary and Elisabeth, from the Sacred Text. - In-
stinctive Joy.. - Divine Instinct of Maternity. Blessedness of Mater-
nity. Humility.
Quickening of the Infant Body.

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Ecstasy.

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Thanksgiving for Maternity. - Anticipation of Maternal Duties,

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CONVERSATION VIII.

NATIVITY OF SPIRIT.

FAMILY RELATION.

Birth and Naming of John the Baptist, from the Sacred Text. - Ideas
of Birth-place and Birth. - Birth. Sacredness of Birth. - Travail
of Body with Spirit. Emblems of Birth. - Naming of Spirit Incar-
nate. Influence of Nature on Imagination. - Analysis of Zacharias'
Prophecy. Emblems of John and Jesus. - Prejudice. Subject,

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Vision of Joseph, from the Sacred Text.-Idea of Birth.- Constancy.
Conjugal Love. - Idea of Angels. Spirit Incarnate. - Emmanuel.—
Apotheosis of Humanity. - Divinity of Spirit,

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CONVERSATION X.

ADVENT OF SPIRIT.

INFANCY.

The Birth of Jesus, from the Sacred Text.-Ideas, Images, and Em-
blems of Birth. - -Theories of Birth. -Release from Evil. Retribu-
tion of Conscience. - Emblem of Retribution. - Spiritual Blessed-
ness. Maternal Solicitude. - Joy at Birth. Ideas of Paraphrase,

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CONVERSATION XI.

CONSECRATION OF SPIRIT TO SELF-RENEWAL.

RELIGION.

Description of the Temple. Consecration in the Temple, from the
Sacred Text. Naming and Blessing. — Pictures of the Consecration.

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Review. Adoration of the Wise Men, from the Sacred Text. ― Rev-
erence of Childhood. - Type of the Star. Star of Holiness.
Dreams, prophetic and retributive. - Vision of Eliphaz. - Treachery.
Astrology. Astronomy.. Phrenology. Sovereignty of Holiness.
Joy at Birth. - Adoration of Infant Holiness. Maternal Love.
Childhood a Type of Holiness,

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CONVERSATION XIII.

APOSTACY OF SPIRIT.

MALIGNITY.

Review. Knowledge of the Young Spirit. - Massacre of the Inno-
cents, from the Sacred Text. - Pictures of Cruelty. - Emblems of
Herod. Sense of Retribution. — Punishment. - Prejudice,

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