Volume 2

328 Life of Jesus Christ
holy Three Kings, and from it they gazed at the stars.
They had long sighed for instruction, and now they
received it from Jesus Himself. He spoke to thern of very
profound mysteries, even of the Most Holy Trinity. I
heard these words that especially astonished me: "There
are three that give testimony: the water, the spirit, and the
blood, and these three are one." He spoke of the Fall of
man, of the promised Redeemer, of the guidance of
mankind, of the Deluge, of the passage through the Red
Sea and the Jordan, and of Baptism. He told them that the
Jews had not obtained entire possession of the Promised
Land, that many heathens still dwelt therein, but that He
was now come to take possession of all that remained and
unite it to His Kingdom-not, however, by the sword, but
by charity and grace. His words made so deep an impression
upon many of His hearers that He sent them to Ennon
to be baptized. Seven aged men that could no longer
travel, Jesus allowed to be baptized at once by two of the
disciples. A basin was brought and placed before them
while they stood up to the knees in the water in a bathing
cistern near at hand. Above the basin was placed a railing
upon which they could lean. Two of the disciples laid
their hands on the neophyte's shoulders while Mathias, a
disciple of John, poured on their heads, one after another,
water from a shell at the end of which was a handle. Jesus
dictated to the disciples the form of words they should
use. The old men were clothed in beautiful white garments,
all very neat and clean.
Then Jesus gave an instruction to the people in general,
taking for His subject chastit:, and marriage. To the
women He spoke especially of obedience, of hunlility, and
the education of their children. These people were welldisposed.
They conducted Jesus most affectionately back
to the Jewish quarter, where He went to the synagogue
and healed the sick that He found before it. The Levites
were not well pleased at Jesus' having visited the