A Life of St John for the Young

About this eBook

Author

Weed, George Ludington, 1828-1904

Title

A Life of St. John for the Young

Credits

Produced by Janet Blenkinship, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

John, the Apostle, Saint

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17166

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17166

Release Date

November 27, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.St John — Domenichino — A Life of St. John
2. 2.For the Young — BY — GEORGE LUDINGTON WEED
3. 3.PREFATORY NOTE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Map of the Land Where St. John Lived — A Life of St. John
6. 6.CHAPTER I — A Home in the Blest Land, by the Sacred Sea — Sea of Galilee — Old Engraving Page 21 — Site of Bethsaida — From Photograph Page 23
7. 7.CHAPTER II — Five Boys of Bethsaida—Rambles About Home — Calm on Galilee — From Photograph Page 26
8. 8.CHAPTER III — John's Royal Kindred — Virgin, Infant Jesus, and St John (Madonna della Sedia)— Raphael Page 31 — Christ and St. John — Winterstein Page 34
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — The Great Expectation in John's Day — Simeon and Anna in the Temple — Old Engraving Page 39
10. 10.CHAPTER V — Early Influences on Character — The Boy John — Andrea del Sarto Page 41 — Jerusalem — Old Engraving Page 44
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — First Visit to Jerusalem — Joshua's Host Crossing the Jordan — Old Engraving Page 45
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — John's View of the Coming Messiah
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — Jesus the Hidden Messiah — The Prophet Isaiah — Sargent Page 50
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — "The Prophet of the Most High" — The Boy Jesus in the Temple — H. Hofmann Page 54 — Street Scene in Nazareth — From Photograph Page 55 — Visit of Mary to Elisabeth — Old Engraving Page 58
15. 15.CHAPTER X — The Messiah Found — The Wilderness of Judea — From Photograph Page 59 — Traditional Place of Christ's Baptism — From Photograph Page 63 — The Baptism of Jesus — Old Engraving Page 64
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — John a Wedding Guest
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — John and Nicodemus — The First Disciples — Ittenbach Page 67
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — St. John and the Samaritaness — The Marriage at Cana — Old Engraving Page 72 — Belshazzar's Feast — Old Engraving Page 74 — The Hill of Samaria — Old Engraving Page 84
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — The Chosen One of the Chosen Three of the Chosen Twelve — Jacob's Well — From Photograph Page 91 — The Miraculous Draught of Fishes — Old Engraving Page 94
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — John in the Home of Jairus — Raising the Daughter of Jairus — H. Hofmann Page 99
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — John a Beholder of Christ's Glory — The Transfiguration — Old Engraving Page 106 — Moses on Mt. Pisgah — Artist Unknown Page 109
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — St. John's Imperfections
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — John and the Family of Bethany — Bethany — Old Engraving Page 120 — The Resurrection of Lazarus — Old Engraving Page 126
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — John's Memorial of Mary — Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem — Gustav Doré Page 138
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — John a Herald of the King — Christ and St. John — Ary Scheffer Page 155
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — With the Master on Olivet
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — John a Provider for the Passover
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — John's Memories of the Upper Room — The Last Supper — Benjamin West Page 158 — In Gethsemane — Gustave Doré Page 163
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — With Jesus in Gethsemane — The Valley of Jehoshaphat — Old Engraving Page 164 — Christ Before Caiaphas — Old Engraving Page 176 — Christ before Pilate (Ecce Homo)— H. Hofmann Page 182
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — John in the High Priest's Palace
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — John the Lone Disciple at the Cross — Christ Bearing His Cross — H. Hofmann Page 185 — The Virgin and St. John at the Cross — Old Engraving Page 193 — The Descent from the Cross — Rubens Page 200
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — Lone Disciple at the Cross— Continued — In the Sepulchre — H. Hofmann Page 201 — Jesus Appearing to Mary Magdalene (Easter Morning)— B. Plockhorst Page 209
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII — John at the Tomb — The Descent of the Holy Spirit — Old Engraving Page 224 — St. Peter and St. John at the Beautiful Gate — Old Engraving Page 225
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX — " What Shall This Man Do ?"
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX — St. John a Pillar-Apostle in the Early Christian Church — Ephesus — From Photograph Page 232 — The Isle of Patmos — Old Engraving Page 233
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI — Last Days — Smyrna — Old Engraving Page 233
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII — A Retrospect — Pergamos and the Ruins of the Church of St. John — Old Engraving Page 233 — Ruins of Laodicea — Old Engraving Page 233
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII — Legends and Traditions of St. John

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