HN A BEHOLDER OF CHRIST'S GLORY

Family Prayer--Sayings of Men Concerning Jesus--Saying of Peter--A
Great Need--Christ's Prophecy of His Death--Apart by Themselves--Not
Tabor, but Hermon--Thoughts of the Nine and of the Three--Heavy with
Sleep--Answers to Two Prayers of Jesus--Transfigured--Moses and
Elijah--Moses' Shining Face--The Lord's Shining Figure--The Shechinah--A
Strange Proposal--Voice from the Clouds--Touch and Word of
Jesus--Descent from Hermon--A Great Secret--Peter's Memory of the
Transfiguration--John's Record--Greater than John the Baptist or
Moses--Moses and the Shechinah--Ungranted Request, but Answered
Prayer--Hermon, a Mount of Prayer 101

CHAPTER XVII

ST. JOHN'S IMPERFECTIONS

Four Reasons for Recording Failings--Jealousy and Pride--Intolerant
Spirit--Two Questions, What? and Who?--First and Last--An Object
Lesson--The Child-Spirit--Startled Disciples--John's Confession--Lesson
Not Learned--Hospitality--Samaritan Hatred--Hospitality
Refused--Indignant Brothers--A Story of Elijah--Fiery Spirit of James
and John--Rebuked by Jesus--Ambitious Brothers--Mother's Request--Sons'
Request--Sorrowing Lord's Reply and Thoughts--Two Thrones--Though
Imperfect, a Grand Character 111

CHAPTER XVIII

JOHN AND THE FAMILY OF BETHANY

John's View of a Family Group--His Relation to It--A Sad Message and
the Reply--The Lord's Delay and Concealed Purpose--A Possible Thought of
John's--John and Thomas--"Our Friend"--"Sleepeth"--John an
Eye-witness--Mary and Jesus--"Jesus Wept"--Mourning Disciple--Glorified
Father and Son--Jesus with Martha at the Tomb--Repeated Command,
"Arise"--The Release from the Tomb--John a Companion in Joy--John's
Memory of Mary--Lazarus' Tomb and Jesus' Cross--A
Tradition of Lazarus
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CHAPTER XIX

JOHN'S MEMORIAL OF MARY

A Scene in Bethany--An Unfinished Picture--John with Manuscripts of
Matthew and Mark--A Great Event not Understood--A Joyful Meeting--A
Supper in Honor--A Fitting Place--Omitted Names--An Unnamed Woman
Named--Mary's Cruse--Interested Witnesses--An Unusual Anointing--An
Unwoven Towel--Odor of the Ointment--Judas the Grumbler--Jesus' Defence
of Mary--A Prophecy--John the Preserver of Mary's Name--Prophecy
Fulfilled--Judas and Mary--Judas an