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the heart will set the body going. You must be full of Spirit.

MR. ALCOTT. Are any of you full?

AUGUSTINE.

THE OTHERS.

MR. ALCOTT.

Spirit?

When I was a little baby I was full.
We all were.

How did you empty yourselves of

JOHN B. and OTHERS.

get it back by repenting.

By doing wrong; and we can

JOSIAH. We must spend a great deal of time in the first place in prayer and then try, when we have temptation, to withstand it.

Thought and
Language.

MR. ALCOTT. What is a powerful word? What is a word full of power? What is the reason some persons' words are fuller of power than others'?

ANDREW. Some have more spirit; they have used their spirit more, and God has given them more. MR. ALCOTT. How is Spirit weakened? ANDREW. By doing wrong.

MR. ALCOTT. By indulgence. How many of you

think that intemperance

- weakens your minds?

excess of any kind

(All held up their hands.)

anger

Do any of you think there can be intemperance in doing right?

(They all laughed.)

Jesus spoke with power. Does any one here speak with power? Is there any one whose words always command attention?

HERBERT. Yes; Samuel R's.

JOHN B. and OTHERS. Josiah's do.

SUSAN and OTHERS. Emma's.

LUCIA,

Emma's and Josiah's.

EMMA. I think all sometimes speak with power; they command my attention.

NATHAN. I think my own words are with power.

MR. ALCOTT. You have talked here a year and a half. Have you ever said all you thought?

LUCY. I guess Emma has not.

AUGUSTINE. I always do.

Genius.

(Several others held up their hands.)

MR. ALCOTT. What has been the subject?

AUGUSTINE.

wickedness.

Supernatural power

over

SEVERAL. The power of words over wickedness. MR. ALCOTT. What do you mean by supernatural power?

WELLES. Power over the natural ward.

above the out

JOSIAH. Words have both natural and supernatural power.

MR. ALCOTT. What is the difference?

JOSIAH. Supernatural words have something to do with spirit. Natural words only express outward things.

MR. ALCOTT. Have you felt the supernatural power of words?

SEVERAL. I have.

Conscience.

(Mr. Alcott here described a boy doing Supernatural in wrong, fearing that somebody would see him, hearing his name called, betraying himself from excess of feeling, &c., and asked what was the feeling ?)

SEVERAL. The Supernatural in his Conscience.
(He then described a room in which was a dead baby,
whom they had lately seen alive. And afterwards a
storm at sea, and the sinking of a ship, and the
sailors calling upon God's mercy. And afterwards
a thunder-storm; and asked what was the feeling ?)
SEVERAL. Sense of the supernatural power.

CONVERSATION XXXVIII.

SPIRITUAL INFLUENCE.

EXAMPLE.

Review. Sense of the Supernatural. — The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, from the Sacred Text. -Emblem of Spiritual Force. Example. — Amusement. Emblem of Cruelty. - Idea of the Miracle.- Emblem of Providence. - Pictures of the Scene.-Impression of Holiness. - Astonishment. Subject. Cruel Sports.

Review.

MR. ALCOTT. What was the subject of our last conversation?

JOSIAH. About Jesus teaching the people.

GEORGE K. When you asked us last time, what was the subject of the conversation, Augustine said it was on Supernatural Power, and Andrew talked about ministers looking sober.

Sense of the
Supernatural.

MR. ALCOTT. What is meant by Supernatural power?

JOHN B. A power above all other men's, and above outward power - Spiritual power.

MR. ALCOTT. Could we have such power as Jesus? (Some held up hands.)

JOHN B. Not near so much.

AUGUSTINE. We cannot live without it.

MR. ALCOTT. In what faculty does Supernatural power show itself?

(No answer.)

JOHN B. In Conscience.

(Several more held up hands.) AUGUSTINE. And in the Imagination.

LUCY. In the Mind.

GEORGE K. In Thought.

MR. ALCOTT. We can think about other things than

the Supernatural.

JOHN D. and EDWARD C. In Love and Faith.
JOHN B. Mr. Alcott, what do you think?

MR. ALCOTT. In Conscience.

CHARLES. I thought of three Faculties; the Spiritual Faculty, the Imaginative Faculty, and the Senses. MR. ALCOTT. Conscience is a sense of the Holy, the Perfect.

"Unless above himself he can

Erect himself, how poor a thing is man."

Can you tell me, what this means?

CHARLES and GEORGE. It means that unless he can get above the Body, his Spirit will be poor enough. Mr. Alcott read the lesson for the day.

THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES.

Vulgar Era, 27. Julian Period, 4740.

Sea of Galilee.

*Mark i. 16.

VOL. II.

Example.

MATT. iv. 18.

18 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

MARK i. 17-20.

17* And Jesus said unto them, Come ye afler me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

11

Vulgar Era, 27. Julian Period, 4740.

Sea of Galilee.

Matt iv. 18.

LUKE V. 1-11.

1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their

nets.

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.

ELLEN. I wish you would ask all the scholars round, what it means by to "catch men.”

MR. ALCOTT. Well; what does it mean?

Emblem of

GEORGE K. I think it means that they

Spiritual Force. Would preach, and catch men's spirits.
ELLEN. The net was their words.

LUCY. The net was the preaching which would catch the people who believed.

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