Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 edition. Excerpt: ... THE TRUE SPIRIT. "And he turned and rebuked them, and said: ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of." Look, children, upon a map of Palestine, as it was when Jesus was on earth, and you will see that it contained three divisions, or provinces, namely: Gallilee on the North -- Samaria in the middle -- and Judea at the South., Between the inhabitants of Samaria and Judea there had existed, for centuries, such hatred that they had no dealings together, and they always treated each other with enmity and contempt. It would take more room than I have to spare, to tell you all the causes of their quarrel, and to point out to you all the places in the Bible where it is mentioned. It is enough for you to understand that no friendly feelings were to be found in the bosoms of the Jews towards the Samaritans, and that the Samaritans, on their side, had ho affection for the Jews. If you will remember this sad fact, you will be able to understand the incident in the life of Jesus to which I wish to refer. Jesus had been teaching in Gallilee. The time drew nigh when he was to he seized and put to death, and he set out with his disciples to go to Jerusalem. The shortest way was through Samaria. As they came near to a certain village, the inhabitants would not receive them, " because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem." James and John, who were not yet free from Jewish prejudices, were indignant at the neglect their master received. They remembered how Elijah, a great prophet, once punished the Samaritans, * -- and thinking his example would be an excuse for them, they said; " Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ?" But Jesus saw into their hearts -- understood their real...
