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TO THE PURE SOUL
of
MY SISTER HENRIETTA,
Who died at Byblus, 24th September, 1861.
FROM the bosom of God, in which thou reposest, dost thou recall those long days at Ghazir, when, alone with thee, I wrote these pages, which were inspired by the places we had visited together? Sitting silently by my side, thou didst read each sheet and copy it as soon as written—the sea, the villages, the ravines, the mountains being meanwhile spread out at our feet. When the overpowering light had given place to the innumerable host of stars, thy delicate and subtly questions, thy discreet doubts, brought me back to the sublime object of our common thoughts. Thou saidst to me one day that thou wouldst love this book, because, first, it had been written in thy presence, and because, also, it was to thine heart. If at times thou didst fear for it the narrow opinions of frivolous men, thou felt always persuaded that truly religious souls would, in the end, take delight in it. While in the midst of these sweet meditations, Death struck us both with his wing; the sleep of fever overtook us at the same hour, and I awoke alone! Thou sleepest now in the land of Adonis, near the holy Byblus and the sacred waters where the women of the ancient mysteries came to mingle their tears. Reveal to me, O good genius!—to me, whom thou lovedst—those truths which conquer death, strip it of fear, and make it almost beloved.
ivvCONTENTS.
Page | |
DEDICATION | iii |
PREFACE (First Time in English) | ix |
INTRODUCTION | xxxiii |
CHAPTER I. | |
PLACE OF JESUS IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD | 1 |
CHAPTER II. | |
INFANCY AND YOUTH OF JESUS — HIS FIRST IMPRESSIONS | 13 |
CHAPTER III. | |
EDUCATION OF JESUS | 18 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
THE ORDER OF THOUGHT FROM WHOSE CENTRE JESUS WAS DEVELOPED | 26 |
CHAPTER V. | |
THE FIRST SAYINGS OF JESUS — HIS IDEAS OF A “FATHER GOD” AND OF A PURE RELIGION — FIRST DISCIPLES | 43 |
viCHAPTER VI. | |
JOHN THE BAPTIST—VISIT OF JESUS TO JOHN, AND HIS ABODE IN THE DESERT OF JUDEA—HE ADOPTS THE BAPTISM OF JOHN | 56 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEAS OF JESUS RELATIVE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD | 66 |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
JESUS AT CAPERNAUM | 76 |
CHAPTER IX. | |
THE DISCIPLES OF JESUS | 86 |
CHAPTER X. | |
PREACHINGS ON THE LAKE | 95 |
CHAPTER XI. | |
THE KINGDOM OF GOD CONCEIVED AS THE INHERITANCE OF THE POOR | 104 |
CHAPTER XII. | |
EMBASSY TO JESUS FROM JOHN IN PRISON — DEATH OF JOHN — THE RELATIONS OF HIS SCHOOL WITH THAT OF JESUS | 114 |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
FIRST ATTEMPTS ON JERUSALEM | 120 |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
RELATIONS OF JESUS WITH THE PAGANS AND THE SAMARITANS | 130 |
viiCHAPTER XV. | |
COMMENCEMENT OF THE LEGEND OF JESUS — HIS OWN IDEA OF HIS SUPERNATURAL CHARACTER | 137 |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
MIRACLES | 147 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
DEFINITE FORM OF THE IDEAS OF JESUS IN RESPECT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD | 156 |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
INSTITUTIONS OF JESUS | 167 |
CHAPTER XIX. | |
INCREASING PROGRESSION OF ENTHUSIASM AND OF EXALTATION | 177 |
CHAPTER XX. | |
OPPOSITION TO JESUS | 185 |
CHAPTER XXI. | |
LAST JOURNEY OF JESUS TO JERUSALEM | 194 |
CHAPTER XXII. | |
MACHINATIONS OF THE ENEMIES OF JESUS | 205 |
CHAPTER XXIII. | |
LAST WEEK OF JESUS | 213 |
CHAPTER XXIV. | |
ARREST AND TRIAL OF JESUS | 226 |
CHAPTER XXV. | |
DEATH OF JESUS | 239 |
CHAPTER XXVI. | |
viiiJESUS IN THE TOMB | 246 |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
FATE OF THE ENEMIES OF JESUS | 250 |
CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE WORK OF JESUS | 254 |
APPENDIX (First Time in English) | 269 |
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