Seers of the Ages; Embracing Spiritualism Past and Present, Doctrines Stated and Moral Tendencies Defined (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1903. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... matters not, so far as the present exegesis is concerned. Suffice it, that he was the natural offspring of human parents; the begotten of love and harmony, -under the sweet baptismal magnetisms of angels; all conducing to an impressional, inspirational, harmonial organism--a medium--harp admirably fitted for the play of divine powers. In the gorgeous East, amid the mellow sunbeams, sifted from Syrian skies, Jesus awoke to the outer consciousness of earth-life. "Galilee," writes Renan, "is a country very green; dense with masses of flowers; full of shade and pleasantness; the true country of the canticle of canticles, and of the songs of the well-beloved. * * * In no place in the world do the mountains spread out with more harmony, or inspire loftier ideas. Jesus seems to have loved them especially. The most important acts of his divine career were performed upon the mountains; there he was best inspired; there he had secret conferences with the ancient prophets, and showed himself to his disciples already transfigured. * * * As often happens in very lofty natures, tenderness of heart was in him transformed into infinite sweetness, vague poetry, universal charm. * * * The group that pressed around him upon the banks of the Lake of Tiberias, * * * believed in spectres and in spirits. * * * Great spiritual manifestations were frequent. All believed themselves to be inspired in different ways. Some were 'prophets, ' others 'teachers.'" (Life of Jesus, p. 210.) Education has much to do in fashioning character. Where was Jesus between the years of twelve and thirty? In what school of ideas was he educated? To these inquiries the New Testament gives not the least clue. Those scheming superstitious Bishops, that collected the scattered manuscripts, often guilty of conduc...