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TABLES OF CONTENTS.

TABLES OF CONTENTS.

• INTRODUCTION.
  Adina, the writer of the following Letters—Her family—Journey to Jerusalem—The
  Romans—The City of David—David's Tower—Pilate's Palace—
  The Hill of Calvary—Gethsemane—Bethlehem—The Damascus Gate—The
  Roman Guard—Arrival at the house of her friends—Descriptoin of her
  beauty—Letters to her Father.—Pp. 1—8.

• LETTER I.
  Account of the journey from Alexandria to Jerusalem—Gaza—Joseph's
  Well—The Dead Sea—Jordan—Emotions on beholding the Holy City—
  Rabbi Amos—Desecration of the Temple—Sacrifices for sin—A Prophet of
  God preaching near Jordan.—Pp. 9—14.

• LETTER II.
  Rabbi Ben Israel's return—Happiness with Rabbi Amos—Rebecca—Mary
  —View from the Residence—Scene from the House-top at morning—The
  Sacrifice and Temple-worship at sunrise—Evening Sacrifice and Worship—
  Idol-worship at the Roman castle near the Temple—Prophecies fulfilled—
  Under a cloud—The Messenger foretold by Malachi—Elijah the Prophet—
  Rabbi Amos acknowledges the corruption of the Priests—Decay of Reverence—A
  young man, who has heard the new Prophet, near Jericho.—
  Pp. 15—24.

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• LETTER III.
  Presentation of the First Fruits—Tower of Antonia—Insult from a Roman
  Soldier—Protection afforded by a beautiful Roman Centurion—Pageant of
  the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate—The new Prophet, as described by
  John, the Cousin of Mary—He gives a full account of his journey to the
  Jordan—Arrival at Jericho.—Pp. 25—34.

• LETTER IV.
  Death of Rabbi Israel—Extract from her Father's letter concerning the
  new Prophet—Continuation of John's account of his visit to Jordan, to see
  the new Prophet—The Twelve Stones of the Jordan—Description of the
  Prophet—His Sermon—“Art thou not Elias?”—“Messiah?”—Generation
  of Vipers—Woe to the Priests—“The Lord our Righteousness”—One
  Thousand baptized—Joseph of Arimathea—A second Sermon at evening.—
  Pp. 35-48.

• LETTER V.
  Baptism of Two Hundred more—Blessing in the Name of the Lamb of God
  —Joseph of Arimathea—Conversation with the Prophet—He sings the
  Evening Hymn of the Temple—Hymn of Praise—Conversation with the
  Prophet concerning Messiah—His Death—His Kingdom not of this World
  —The Prophet retires to the Desert—Appearance of Lazarus—His explanations
  of the Prophecies—Taught by his Friend—Description of this Friend
  —Jesus, the Nazarene—Conflict of mind—Studying the Prophets.—Pp.
  —49—65.

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• LETTER VI.
  Ben Israel—Answer to her Father's Letter against this “novelty”—Extract
  from his Letter—Reply—Indignation against the Prophet among the
  Priests and Levites—Messengers are sent to invite him to Jerusalem—His
  Answer—He is accused of Sedition—The Messengers declare their Conversion
  and Baptism—They are arrested—Conversations and Discussions at
  the House of Rabbi Amos—Stephen—The Prophet performs no Miracles—
  Rabbi Amos going to Gilgal—Adina and Mary going with him—They expect
  to see the Prophet—The Roman Centurion reading the Scriptures—He
  would like to hear the Prophet—Barabbas, the Robber—The Escort—John
  gone to look after his ships in Galilee.—Pp. 66—79.

• LETTER VII.
  The Messiah has come!—Account of the visit to Jordan—Adina, Mary
  and John go with Rabbi Amos—Escorted by the Roman Centurion—Barabbas—Two
  Gibeonite Servants—Glimpse of Caiaphas—Turtle Doves and
  young Pigeons—Blind Bartimeus and his Lamb—The Sheep Gate—æmilius
  —Roman Soldiers—Bethesda—The Moving of the Waters—Absalom's Pillar—Joined
  by the Escort,—Pp. 80—90.

• LETTER VIII.
  Continuation of the Account—Edomite Robbers—View from Bethany—
  Conversation with the Centurion—Hope of his Conversion—Repose at the
  house of Rabbi Abel—Attractions of the Family—Lazarus, Martha, Mary—
  Embroidery for the Temple—Copies of the Law and the Psalms—Present
  for the wife of Pilate—“I. N.”—Jesus of Nazareth—Lazarus accompanies
  them—Gamaliel—Saul—Arrival at Jericho—Gilgal—Barabbas—Going to
  Bethabara.—Pp. 91—102.

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• LETTER IX.
  The way to Bethabara—Matthew, the Publican—Judas Iscariot—The
  Tower of Elijah—Vast Multitude—Description of the Prophet—His Sermon
  —“Behold the Lamb of God!”—The Baptism of Christ—The Dove—The
  Voice from Heaven—Jesus disappears.—Pp. 103—112

• LETTER X.
  Adina believes in the Christ—The Voice and the Dove—John and Lazarus
  follow Jesus—The excited Multitude disperse—Rabbi Amos converses
  with the Prophet—John and Lazarus overtake Jesus in the Wilderness—He
  sends them back from following Him—Mystery.—Pp. 113—121.

• LETTER XI.
  Return to Gilgal—John, Lazarus, Gamaliel, Saul, and others—Discussion
  on the Prophecies concerning the Messiah—“Visage marred”—“No form
  nor comeliness”—Sorcery at the Baptism of Jesus—“Thou art my Son”—
  Born in Bethlehem—Of the seed of David—Miracles?—Difference of Opinion
  —Return to Jericho—The Beautiful Mary of Magdala—Waiting for Jesus.—
  Pp. 122—131.

• LETTER XII.
  Adina's Father refuses to believe—Meeting of all the Prophecies—Nothing
  seen of Jesus for five weeks—John tells them of his finding Jesus in the
  Desert—He is worn down by fasting and sorrow—Jesus returns—John follows
  Him as His disciple—Hymn of Praise—Pilate's Message to Caiaphas
  —The answer—Development of Power—Pp. 132—141.

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• LETTER XIII.
  “A Man of Sorrows, and acquainted with Grief”—A Miracle—The Carpenter's
  tools—Andrew, Simon, Philip, Nathaniel, James and John—The
  Mother of Jesus—Cana—Elizabeth—The Water turned into Wine—Thirty
  Priests studying the Prophecies.—Pp. 142—151.

• LETTER XIV.
  Fame of Jesus increases—He is attended by thousands—Cures and
  Miracles—The Lame Man restored—John's account of His Miracles—He
  Casts out Devils—They confess Him—Visit of the Magi—The Murder of
  the Innocents—Escape of Jesus—Summary of evidence proving that Jesus
  is the Christ—Pp. 152—161.

• LETTER XV.
  Imprisonment and Death of John the Baptist—Jesus is told of it—The
  Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes—Envoy of the Priests—Miracles
  by the aid of Beelzebub—John the Baptist was Elias—Six other Disciples
  chosen—Jesus no ambitious leader—Refuses to be made a King.—Pp.
  162—170.

• LETTER XVI.
  Uproar among the People—Rabbi Amos professes himself a believer—
  Messiah a Man, not an Angel—Is He not also God?—Nicodemus—Jesus
  fatigued—His power not for His own relief—Benjamin, the lost Brother, returns—He
  had been healed by Jesus, after being a lunatic seven years—How
  the cure was wrought—Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.—Pp
  171—181.

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• LETTER XVII.
  Tumult at the entry of Jesus on the morning of the Passover—Shouting—
  Jesus purges the Temple of the Money-changers—The Scourge of Small
  Cords—He is questioned by the High-Priest—He is rejected—Another
  Miracle.—Pp. 182—192.

• LETTER XVIII.
  Recovery of Adina's Father from sickness—She combats his objections—
  “Out of Egypt have I called my Son”—“Galilee of the Gentiles”—Jesus
  comes to the house, with a great Multitude—æmilius, the Centurion—Description
  of Jesus—He is charged with sedition—æmilius refuses—Jesus
  enters the house of Rabbi Amos—Adina greets Him—A wound upon His
  temples—Elias asks for a Miracle—A man with the palsy let down in a
  blanket—He is healed.—Pp. 193—204.

• LETTER XIX.
  Divisions on account of Jesus—Nicodemus visits Him by night—The new
  Birth of Water and the Spirit—Throne on Calvary—Jesus forgives Sins,
  with a Miracle of Healing—Jesus departs for Galilee—He declines the Roman
  escort—Four Lepers healed—æmilius is converted—Other proofs in behalf
  Jesus.—Pp. 205—215.

• LETTER XX.
  Adina's illness—Sojourn in Nain—Two Disciples of Jesus arrive at the
  house—They announce the coming of Jesus—They are driven from the
  town—Ruth—A letter for Sarah from Samuel—He has been wrecked, and
  kindly received at the house of Adina's father, in Alexandria—Samuel
  arrives—He is seized with a malignant fever—Dies—Preparations for Burial—A
  Letter from Gadara.—Pp. 216—225.

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• LETTER XXI.
  Grief of Ruth—Great procession accompanying the Dead—The Dead is
  raised to life by Jesus—Mary relates the account of it—Samuel's remembrance
  of his state during Death—Jesus abides in the house—Two Weddings
  at hand.—Pp. 226—235.

• LETTER XXII.
  Morning at Jerusalem—Æmilius becomes a Proselyte—Account of the
  ceremony of his reception as such in the Temple—Jesus appears in the Temple—His
  Sermon—His Assassination attempted, and foiled—He is saluted as
  King—Tumult—Pilate makes obeisance to Him—He disappears—The Tribute-money—Æmilius
  needs one step more.—Pp. 236—248.

• LETTER XXIII.
  Adina's Father about to visit Jerusalem—Enumeration of the miracles of
  Jesus—He forgives sins—Eli's withered arm restored—His confession of
  his sin—Miracle of the Loaves—Jesus is to be at Jerusalem at the Passover—Lazarus
  is taken sick.—Pp. 249—255.

• LETTER XXIV.
  Adina and Mary go to Lazarus—Cause of his sickness—His virtues—
  Lazarus failing—Beauty of Ruth—Her delivery from the hands of Annas in
  the Temple—Mary writes to Jesus, then at Bethabara.—Pp. 256—264.

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• LETTER XXV.
  Death of Lazarus—Martha and Mary—“That good part”—Grief of the
  family—Mary's sin—Betrayed by Prince Herod Valerius—Carried away by
  him to a castle in Galilee—She escapes to the Mother of Jesus at Nazareth
  —Her sin forgiven by Jesus—He reconciles her to her family—Her lovely
  Penitence.—Pp. 265—274.

• LETTER XXVI.
  The Burial of Lazarus—He is laid in a Cave—Æmilius present—Grief of
  Martha and Mary—Barabbas and his Ishmaelite Robbers—A fight between
  him and Æmilius—Barbbas is wounded and taken captive—Crosses upon
  Calvary—Isaiah's Prophecy fulfilled—Pp. 275—285.

• LETTER XXVII.
  Faith of Martha and Mary in the power of Jesus—Jesus receives their
  message—The Death of their Brother causes their faith to fail—Dead four
  days already—Jesus comes—Martha and Mary go out to meet him—The
  Raising of Lazarus from the Dead—He returns home with Jesus.—Pp. 286—299.

• LETTER XXVIII.
  Adina's Father is delayed—He believes in the Power of Jesus, but not
  that he is Messias—Adina's reply to his Objections—The Claims of Jesus
  Himself, in the Synagogue of Bethany—Testimony of an unclean spirit—
  He is cast out—He is saluted King—The Jews cry out “Sedition against
  Cæsar!”—Æmilius—Tumult—Jesus secretly conveys Himself away—His
  secret Prayer—Either Messias or a Liar—His future Kingdom—John
  speaks mournfully and mysteriously of his Death.—Pp. 300—311.

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• LETTER XXIX.
  Terror and Trouble—Discourse of Jesus after eating the Passover—John
  narrates all the incidents of the Last Supper—Judas Iscariot—“What thou
  doest, do quickly”—The Garden of Gethsemane—The Betrayal—Jesus is
  taken—Sounds of Angels in the air—John follows Jesus—The multitude
  take Jesus first to Annas—Rage of the People.—Pp. 312—327.

• LETTER XXX.
  Hope and Faith are over!—Weeping, and Mourning, and Despair—Lamentations—Sorrow
  of John and the Mother of Jesus—No one any longer
  believes—Mary's account of all that had happened—Jesus among the raging
  multitude—“Weep not for me: Weep for yourselves!”—Peter with his
  sword drawn—Fierce bitterness of the Priests—Message from the Wife of
  Pilate—Judas Iscariot, with his bag of money—Sunrise.—Pp. 328—341.

• LETTER XXXI.
  No more confidence in man!—Flight of the Disciples—Æmilius alone,
  yet firm in the Faith—Facts as given by John, Rabbi Amos, Peter, Æmilius,
  and others of the Disciples—Jesus led from Annas to Caiaphas—The
  testimony of False Witnesses—Peter's Denial—the Cock-crowing—“Blasphemy!”—The
  Buffeting—Jesus is protected by Æmilius and his Roman
  soldiers—Insurrection threatened—Jesus abused by the Rabble—He is
  hurried off to Pilate.—Pp. 342—358.

• LETTER XXXII.
  Narrative of the Trial resumed—Omens—Smoke-pall over the City—The
  wind does not carry it away—Darkness, Earthquake, the Dead rising from
  

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  their Graves—Jesus in the Prætorium—Questioned by Pilate—Judas
  rushes in remorseful—“I am a King”—“Not Cæsar's Friend”—The Message
  from Pilate's Wife—Jesus sent to Herod—The Mocking—“One must
  fall.”—Pp. 358—372.

• LETTER XXXIII.
  John still clinging close to Jesus—Herod and Jesus—Herod and Pilate
  reconciled—Jesus is silent—Herod gives Jesus up to the Mob—Crowned
  with Thorns—Mocked with Robe and Reed—Jesus saluted as King—He is
  led back to the Prætorium—“What is Truth?”—“Barabbas!”—The Robber
  is liberated by Pilate.—Pp. 373—383.

• LETTER XXXIV.
  Pilate's Indecision—“Thou art not Cæsar's Friend”—“Behold your
  King!”—“Crucify Him!”—Pilate washes his hands—“His Blood be on us
  and on our Children!”—Jesus Scourged—Dragged to Calvary—Judas Iscariot
  dead—The Cross—The Ascent of Calvary—Falling under the Cross—
  Simon the Cyrenian—Skulls—The two Robbers—Ishmerai and Omri—The
  Centurion's excuse for Pilate.—Pp. 384—396.

• LETTER XXXV.
  Account of the Crucifixion continued—The Mother of Jesus—Binding Him
  to the Cross—The Seamless Robe—The Nailing—Raising the Cross—The
  Guard set—Casting lots—Purchase of the Robe—“This is Jesus, the King
  of the Jews”—Revilings of the Crowd—“I thirst”—The Penitent Omri—“This day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise”—The Reed and Sponge—
  Darkness—“Eloi, Eloi, lama Sabachthani”—“It is finished”—“Father into
  Thy hands I commend my Spirit”—Earthquake—The tombs give up their
  dead—“Truly this was the Son of God!”—Pp. 397—411.

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• LETTER XXXVI.
  Taking down the Bodies—The Darkness caused by an Eclipse—Jesus dead
  already—Breaking the Legs—The Piercing of Jesus—Blood and Water—
  Joseph of Arimathea begs the Body of Jesus—The Descent from the Cross—
  The Burial in a new Tomb—Setting the Watch—Sealing the Stone—Going
  to the Sepulchre with spices—The Note of Joy.—Pp. 411—423.

• LETTER XXXVII.
  The Resurrection of Jesus—Joy—Testimony of Mary—Terror of the Guard
  Their flight—The Angels—The Sepulchre empty—Mary tells how she had
  seen Jesus—Peter and John—Amazement of Caiaphas—Pilate's emotions—
  The Guard bribed to tell a false tale—They are not punished for sleeping on
  their post.—Pp. 423—434.

• LETTER XXXVIII.
  Adina at Bethany—Retrospect of the Life of Jesus—Summary of Argument—Prophecies
  of Messias explained—Jesus appears in Galilee—And
  elsewhere—Boldness of the Christians—Daily Council at Bethlehem—Majesty
  and Power of Jesus—Explanation of the meaning of Sacrifice—The
  Resurrection of Jesus, notorious—Some Great Event about to happen—Adina's
  Father soon expected.—Pp. 435—446.

• LETTER XXXIX.
  The Ascension—Like the Transfiguration—Commission and Benediction—The
  Rising aloft—Angelic Chorus—The Angels—Summary of the
  Argument—Postscript—Pp. 447—456.

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