CONVERSATION

GENIUS OF SPIRIT.

CHILDHOOD.

XIV.

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Jesus with the Doctors in the Temple, from the Sacred Text. - Wisdom
of Childhood. Idea of Jesus with the Doctors. Inspiration of
General Inspiration. - Genius of Childhood. - Parental
Instinct. Idea of Childhood.—Misapprehension of Childhood,

Childhood.

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CONVERSATION XV.

INTEGRITY OF SPIRIT.

FILIAL PIETY.

Jesus at Nazareth Fourteen Years, from the Sacred Text. - Maternal

Prudence. Filial Love and Obedience

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Motives to Obedience.-

Authority of Holiness. — Liability to Temptation. -- Mission of Life, 121

CONVERSATION XVI.

ORGANIZATION OF SPIRIT.

CORPOREAL RELATIONS.

Genealogy of Jesus, from the Sacred Text. Transmission of Life. --
Lineage of Spirit.

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Spirit. Eternity of Spirit.
Emblem of Human Birth.

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- Organic Law of

Longevity of Body. - Laws of Life. Transfiguration of Spirit. -
Laws of Renovation and Decay. Mutability of Matter. --Transfu-
sion of Spirit. - Review,

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CONVERSATION XVII.

BAPTISM OF SPIRIT.

TEMPERANCE.

The Ministry of John Baptist from the Sacred Text. Idea and Emblem

of Purification.

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- Spiritual and Physical Purification. Mission of

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- Emblem of Inno-

cence. Emblem of Humility. - Spiritual Insight. - Voice of Con-
science. Ideal Types. Idea of Angels. - Angelic Vision. - Origi-
nal Holiness. - Emblem of Repentance,

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CONVERSATION XIX.

SPIRITUAL SUPREMACY.

SELF-SUBORDINATION.

Review. - Temptation of Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Personality of
Evil. - Origin of Evil. — Hereditary Evil. — Appetites,
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-Self-Sacri-

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CONVERSATION XX..

SPIRITUAL SUPREMACY.

SELF-CONTROL.

Temptation of Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Idea of Temptation.
Passions. - Self-Subordination. - Emblem of Appetite

Vain Glory.

John's Testimony to Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Sentiment of

Sacrifice.

CONVERSATION XXII.

CONCILIATION OF SPIRIT.

SELF-SACRIFICE.

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John's Testimony to Jesus, from the Sacred Text. - Emblem of Love
and Innocence. - Spirit typified in Nature. — Idea and Emblem of Self-
Purification by Self-Sacrifice. Excellence. John's
Spiritual Experience. - Idea of Absolute and Derivative
Being. Test of Opinions. - Synopsis of the preceding Conversations, 178

Mission.

APPENDIX,

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INTRODUCTION.

THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF HUMAN CULTURE.

Idea of Man.

creatures.

MAN is the noblest of the Creator's works. He is the most richly gifted of all his His sphere of action is the broadest; his influence the widest; and to him is given Nature and Life for his heritage and his possession. He holds dominion over the Outward. He is the rightful Sovereign of the Earth, fitted to subdue all things to himself, and to know of no superior, save God. And yet he enters upon the scene of his labors, a feeble and wailing Babe, at first unconscious of the place assigned him, and needs years of tutelage and discipline to fit him for the high and austere duties that await him.

Idea of Education.

The Art, which fits such a being to fulfil his high destiny, is the first and noblest Human Culture is the art of revealing to a

of arts.
man the true Idea of his Being his endowments