INTRODUCTION.
Adina, the writer of the following Letters—Her family—Journey to Jerusalem—
The Romans—The City of David—David's Tower—Pilate's Palace—
The Hill of Calvary—Gethsemane—Bethlehem—The Damascus Gate—The
Roman Guard—Arrival at the house of her friends—Descriptoin of her
beauty—Letters to her Father.—Pp. 1—8.

LETTER I.
Account of the journey from Alexandria to Jerusalem—Gaza—Joseph's
Well—The Dead Sea—Jordan—Emotions on beholding the Holy City—
Rabbi Amos—Desecration of the Temple—Sacrifices for sin—A Prophet of
God preaching near Jordan.—Pp. 9—14.

LETTER II.
Rabbi Ben Israel's return—Happiness with Rabbi Amos—Rebecca—Mary—
View from the Residence—Scene from the House-top at morning—The
Sacrifice and Temple-worship at sunrise—Evening Sacrifice and Worship—
Idol-worship at the Roman castle near the Temple—Prophecies fulfilled—
Under a cloud—The Messenger foretold by Malachi—Elijah the Prophet—
Rabbi Amos acknowledges the corruption of the Priests—Decay of Reverence—
A young man, who has heard the new Prophet, near Jericho.—
Pp. 15—24.

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LETTER III.
Presentation of the First Fruits—Tower of Antonia—Insult from a Roman
Soldier—Protection afforded by a beautiful Roman Centurion—Pageant of
the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate—The new Prophet, as described by
John, the Cousin of Mary—He gives a full account of his journey to the
Jordan—Arrival at Jericho.—Pp. 25—34.

LETTER IV.
Death of Rabbi Israel—Extract from her Father's letter concerning the
new Prophet—Continuation of John's account of his visit to Jordan, to see
the new Prophet—The Twelve Stones of the Jordan—Description of the
Prophet—His Sermon—“Art thou not Elias?”—“Messiah?”—Generation
of Vipers—Woe to the Priests—“The Lord our Righteousness”—One
Thousand baptized—Joseph of Arimathea—A second Sermon at evening.—
Pp. 35-48.

LETTER V.
Baptism of Two Hundred more—Blessing in the Name of the Lamb of God—
Joseph of Arimathea—Conversation with the Prophet—He sings the
Evening Hymn of the Temple—Hymn of Praise—Conversation with the
Prophet concerning Messiah—His Death—His Kingdom not of this World—
The Prophet retires to the Desert—Appearance of Lazarus—His explanations
of the Prophecies—Taught by his Friend—Description of this Friend—
Jesus, the Nazarene—Conflict of mind—Studying the Prophets.—Pp.—
49—65.

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LETTER VI.
Ben Israel—Answer to her Father's Letter against this “novelty”—Extract
from his Letter—Reply—Indignation against the Prophet among the
Priests and Levites—Messengers are sent to invite him to Jerusalem—His
Answer—He is accused of Sedition—The Messengers declare their Conversion
and Baptism—They are arrested—Conversations and Discussions at
the House of Rabbi Amos—Stephen—The Prophet performs no Miracles—
Rabbi Amos going to Gilgal—Adina and Mary going with him—They expect
to see the Prophet—The Roman Centurion reading the Scriptures—He
would like to hear the Prophet—Barabbas, the Robber—The Escort—John
gone to look after his ships in Galilee.—Pp. 66—79.

LETTER VII.
The Messiah has come!—Account of the visit to Jordan—Adina, Mary
and John go with Rabbi Amos—Escorted by the Roman Centurion—Barabbas—
Two Gibeonite Servants—Glimpse of Caiaphas—Turtle Doves and
young Pigeons—Blind Bartimeus and his Lamb—The Sheep Gate—æmilius—
Roman Soldiers—Bethesda—The Moving of the Waters—Absalom's Pillar—
Joined by the Escort,—Pp. 80—90.

LETTER VIII.
Continuation of the Account—Edomite Robbers—View from Bethany—
Conversation with the Centurion—Hope of his Conversion—Repose at the
house of Rabbi Abel—Attractions of the Family—Lazarus, Martha, Mary—
Embroidery for the Temple—Copies of the Law and the Psalms—Present
for the wife of Pilate—“I. N.”—Jesus of Nazareth—Lazarus accompanies
them—Gamaliel—Saul—Arrival at Jericho—Gilgal—Barabbas—Going to
Bethabara.—Pp. 91—102.

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LETTER IX.
The way to Bethabara—Matthew, the Publican—Judas Iscariot—The
Tower of Elijah—Vast Multitude—Description of the Prophet—His Sermon—
“Behold the Lamb of God!”—The Baptism of Christ—The Dove—The
Voice from Heaven—Jesus disappears.—Pp. 103—112

LETTER X.
Adina believes in the Christ—The Voice and the Dove—John and Lazarus
follow Jesus—The excited Multitude disperse—Rabbi Amos converses
with the Prophet—John and Lazarus overtake Jesus in the Wilderness—He
sends them back from following Him—Mystery.—Pp. 113—121.

LETTER XI.
Return to Gilgal—John, Lazarus, Gamaliel, Saul, and others—Discussion
on the Prophecies concerning the Messiah—“Visage marred”—“No form
nor comeliness”—Sorcery at the Baptism of Jesus—“Thou art my Son”—
Born in Bethlehem—Of the seed of David—Miracles?—Difference of Opinion—
Return to Jericho—The Beautiful Mary of Magdala—Waiting for Jesus.—
Pp. 122—131.

LETTER XII.
Adina's Father refuses to believe—Meeting of all the Prophecies—Nothing
seen of Jesus for five weeks—John tells them of his finding Jesus in the
Desert—He is worn down by fasting and sorrow—Jesus returns—John follows
Him as His disciple—Hymn of Praise—Pilate's Message to Caiaphas—
The answer—Development of Power—Pp. 132—141.

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LETTER XIII.
“A Man of Sorrows, and acquainted with Grief”—A Miracle—The Carpenter's
tools—Andrew, Simon, Philip, Nathaniel, James and John—The
Mother of Jesus—Cana—Elizabeth—The Water turned into Wine—Thirty
Priests studying the Prophecies.—Pp. 142—151.

LETTER XIV.
Fame of Jesus increases—He is attended by thousands—Cures and
Miracles—The Lame Man restored—John's account of His Miracles—He
Casts out Devils—They confess Him—Visit of the Magi—The Murder of
the Innocents—Escape of Jesus—Summary of evidence proving that Jesus
is the Christ—Pp. 152—161.

LETTER XV.
Imprisonment and Death of John the Baptist—Jesus is told of it—The
Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes—Envoy of the Priests—Miracles
by the aid of Beelzebub—John the Baptist was Elias—Six other Disciples
chosen—Jesus no ambitious leader—Refuses to be made a King.—Pp.
162—170.

LETTER XVI.
Uproar among the People—Rabbi Amos professes himself a believer—
Messiah a Man, not an Angel—Is He not also God?—Nicodemus—Jesus
fatigued—His power not for His own relief—Benjamin, the lost Brother, returns—
He had been healed by Jesus, after being a lunatic seven years—How
the cure was wrought—Triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.—Pp
171—181.

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LETTER XVII.
Tumult at the entry of Jesus on the morning of the Passover—Shouting—
Jesus purges the Temple of the Money-changers—The Scourge of Small
Cords—He is questioned by the High-Priest—He is rejected—Another
Miracle.—Pp. 182—192.

LETTER XVIII.
Recovery of Adina's Father from sickness—She combats his objections—
“Out of Egypt have I called my Son”—“Galilee of the Gentiles”—Jesus
comes to the house, with a great Multitude—æmilius, the Centurion—Description
of Jesus—He is charged with sedition—æmilius refuses—Jesus
enters the house of Rabbi Amos—Adina greets Him—A wound upon His
temples—Elias asks for a Miracle—A man with the palsy let down in a
blanket—He is healed.—Pp. 193—204.

LETTER XIX.
Divisions on account of Jesus—Nicodemus visits Him by night—The new
Birth of Water and the Spirit—Throne on Calvary—Jesus forgives Sins,
with a Miracle of Healing—Jesus departs for Galilee—He declines the Roman
escort—Four Lepers healed—æmilius is converted—Other proofs in behalf
Jesus.—Pp. 205—215.

LETTER XX.
Adina's illness—Sojourn in Nain—Two Disciples of Jesus arrive at the
house—They announce the coming of Jesus—They are driven from the
town—Ruth—A letter for Sarah from Samuel—He has been wrecked, and
kindly received at the house of Adina's father, in Alexandria—Samuel
arrives—He is seized with a malignant fever—Dies—Preparations for Burial—
A Letter from Gadara.—Pp. 216—225.

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LETTER XXI.
Grief of Ruth—Great procession accompanying the Dead—The Dead is
raised to life by Jesus—Mary relates the account of it—Samuel's remembrance
of his state during Death—Jesus abides in the house—Two Weddings
at hand.—Pp. 226—235.

LETTER XXII.
Morning at Jerusalem—Æmilius becomes a Proselyte—Account of the
ceremony of his reception as such in the Temple—Jesus appears in the Temple—
His Sermon—His Assassination attempted, and foiled—He is saluted as
King—Tumult—Pilate makes obeisance to Him—He disappears—The Tribute-money—
Æmilius needs one step more.—Pp. 236—248.

LETTER XXIII.
Adina's Father about to visit Jerusalem—Enumeration of the miracles of
Jesus—He forgives sins—Eli's withered arm restored—His confession of
his sin—Miracle of the Loaves—Jesus is to be at Jerusalem at the Passover—
Lazarus is taken sick.—Pp. 249—255.

LETTER XXIV.
Adina and Mary go to Lazarus—Cause of his sickness—His virtues—
Lazarus failing—Beauty of Ruth—Her delivery from the hands of Annas in
the Temple—Mary writes to Jesus, then at Bethabara.—Pp. 256—264.

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LETTER XXV.
Death of Lazarus—Martha and Mary—“That good part”—Grief of the
family—Mary's sin—Betrayed by Prince Herod Valerius—Carried away by
him to a castle in Galilee—She escapes to the Mother of Jesus at Nazareth—
Her sin forgiven by Jesus—He reconciles her to her family—Her lovely
Penitence.—Pp. 265—274.

LETTER XXVI.
The Burial of Lazarus—He is laid in a Cave—Æmilius present—Grief of
Martha and Mary—Barabbas and his Ishmaelite Robbers—A fight between
him and Æmilius—Barbbas is wounded and taken captive—Crosses upon
Calvary—Isaiah's Prophecy fulfilled—Pp. 275—285.

LETTER XXVII.
Faith of Martha and Mary in the power of Jesus—Jesus receives their
message—The Death of their Brother causes their faith to fail—Dead four
days already—Jesus comes—Martha and Mary go out to meet him—The
Raising of Lazarus from the Dead—He returns home with Jesus.—Pp. 286—299.

LETTER XXVIII.
Adina's Father is delayed—He believes in the Power of Jesus, but not
that he is Messias—Adina's reply to his Objections—The Claims of Jesus
Himself, in the Synagogue of Bethany—Testimony of an unclean spirit—
He is cast out—He is saluted King—The Jews cry out “Sedition against
Cæsar!”—Æmilius—Tumult—Jesus secretly conveys Himself away—His
secret Prayer—Either Messias or a Liar—His future Kingdom—John
speaks mournfully and mysteriously of his Death.—Pp. 300—311.

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LETTER XXIX.
Terror and Trouble—Discourse of Jesus after eating the Passover—John
narrates all the incidents of the Last Supper—Judas Iscariot—“What thou
doest, do quickly”—The Garden of Gethsemane—The Betrayal—Jesus is
taken—Sounds of Angels in the air—John follows Jesus—The multitude
take Jesus first to Annas—Rage of the People.—Pp. 312—327.

LETTER XXX.
Hope and Faith are over!—Weeping, and Mourning, and Despair—Lamentations—
Sorrow of John and the Mother of Jesus—No one any longer
believes—Mary's account of all that had happened—Jesus among the raging
multitude—“Weep not for me: Weep for yourselves!”—Peter with his
sword drawn—Fierce bitterness of the Priests—Message from the Wife of
Pilate—Judas Iscariot, with his bag of money—Sunrise.—Pp. 328—341.

LETTER XXXI.
No more confidence in man!—Flight of the Disciples—Æmilius alone,
yet firm in the Faith—Facts as given by John, Rabbi Amos, Peter, AEmilius,
and others of the Disciples—Jesus led from Annas to Caiaphas—The
testimony of False Witnesses—Peter's Denial—the Cock-crowing—“Blasphemy!”—
The Buffeting—Jesus is protected by Æmilius and his Roman
soldiers—Insurrection threatened—Jesus abused by the Rabble—He is
hurried off to Pilate.—Pp. 342—358.

LETTER XXXII.
Narrative of the Trial resumed—Omens—Smoke-pall over the City—The
wind does not carry it away—Darkness, Earthquake, the Dead rising from

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their Graves—Jesus in the Prætorium—Questioned by Pilate—Judas
rushes in remorseful—“I am a King”—“Not Cæsar's Friend”—The Message
from Pilate's Wife—Jesus sent to Herod—The Mocking—“One must
fall.”—Pp. 358—372.

LETTER XXXIII.
John still clinging close to Jesus—Herod and Jesus—Herod and Pilate
reconciled—Jesus is silent—Herod gives Jesus up to the Mob—Crowned
with Thorns—Mocked with Robe and Reed—Jesus saluted as King—He is
led back to the Prætorium—“What is Truth?”—“Barabbas!”—The Robber
is liberated by Pilate.—Pp. 373—383.

LETTER XXXIV.
Pilate's Indecision—“Thou art not Cæsar's Friend”—“Behold your
King!”—“Crucify Him!”—Pilate washes his hands—“His Blood be on us
and on our Children!”—Jesus Scourged—Dragged to Calvary—Judas Iscariot
dead—The Cross—The Ascent of Calvary—Falling under the Cross—
Simon the Cyrenian—Skulls—The two Robbers—Ishmerai and Omri—The
Centurion's excuse for Pilate.—Pp. 384—396.

LETTER XXXV.
Account of the Crucifixion continued—The Mother of Jesus—Binding Him
to the Cross—The Seamless Robe—The Nailing—Raising the Cross—The
Guard set—Casting lots—Purchase of the Robe—“This is Jesus, the King
of the Jews”—Revilings of the Crowd—“I thirst”—The Penitent Omri—“This day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise”—The Reed and Sponge—
Darkness—“Eloi, Eloi, lama Sabachthani”—“It is finished”—“Father into
Thy hands I commend my Spirit”—Earthquake—The tombs give up their
dead—“Truly this was the Son of God!”—Pp. 397—411.

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LETTER XXXVI.
Taking down the Bodies—The Darkness caused by an Eclipse—Jesus dead
already—Breaking the Legs—The Piercing of Jesus—Blood and Water—
Joseph of Arimathea begs the Body of Jesus—The Descent from the Cross—
The Burial in a new Tomb—Setting the Watch—Sealing the Stone—Going
to the Sepulchre with spices—The Note of Joy.—Pp. 411—423.

LETTER XXXVII.
The Resurrection of Jesus—Joy—Testimony of Mary—Terror of the Guard
Their flight—The Angels—The Sepulchre empty—Mary tells how she had
seen Jesus—Peter and John—Amazement of Caiaphas—Pilate's emotions—
The Guard bribed to tell a false tale—They are not punished for sleeping on
their post.—Pp. 423—434.

LETTER XXXVIII.
Adina at Bethany—Retrospect of the Life of Jesus—Summary of Argument—
Prophecies of Messias explained—Jesus appears in Galilee—And
elsewhere—Boldness of the Christians—Daily Council at Bethlehem—Majesty
and Power of Jesus—Explanation of the meaning of Sacrifice—The
Resurrection of Jesus, notorious—Some Great Event about to happen—Adina's
Father soon expected.—Pp. 435—446.

LETTER XXXIX.
The Ascension—Like the Transfiguration—Commission and Benediction—
The Rising aloft—Angelic Chorus—The Angels—Summary of the
Argument—Postscript—Pp. 447—456.