20 This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the Church of Purity. 21 And you shall say, You men of Israel, hear; Reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven. 22 This rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul by purity in life, and of the kingdom of the soul, which does not come with outward show, but is the church within. 23 Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done; but you must go before and show the way. 24 You are to teach that men must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul. 25 John said, Why need I wait? May I not go at once and wash? 26 Matheno said, ’Tis well, and then they went down to the Jordan ford, and east of Jericho, just where the hosts of Israel crossed when first they entered Canaan, they tarried for a time. 27 Matheno taught the harbinger, and he explained to him the inner meaning of the cleansing rite and how to wash himself and how to wash the multitude. 28 And in the river Jordan John was washed; then they returned unto the wilderness. 29 Now in Engedi’s hills Matheno’s work was done and he and John went down to Egypt. They rested not until they reached the temple of Sakara in the valley of the Nile. 30 For many years Matheno was a master in this temple of the Brotherhood, and when he told about the life of John and of his mission to the sons of men, the hierophant with joy received the harbinger and he was called the Brother Nazarite. 31 For eighteen years John lived and wrought within these temple gates; and here he conquered self, became a master mind and learned the duties of the harbinger. SECTION V. HE. _Childhood and Early Education of Jesus._ CHAPTER 16. _The home of Joseph. Mary teaches her son. Jesus’ grandparents give a feast in his honor. Jesus has a dream. His grandmother’s interpretation. His birthday gift._ The home of Joseph was on Marmion Way in Nazareth; here Mary taught her son the lessons of Elihu and Salome. 2 And Jesus greatly loved the Vedic hymns and the Avesta; but more than all he loved to read the Psalms of David and the pungent words of Solomon. 3 The Jewish books of prophecy were his delight; and when he reached his seventh year he needed not the books to read, for he had fixed in memory every word. 4 Joachim and his wife, grandparents of child Jesus, made a feast in honor of the child, and all their near of kin were guests. 5 And Jesus stood before the guests and said, I had a dream, and in my dream I stood before a sea, upon a sandy beach. 6 The waves upon the sea were high; a storm was raging on the deep. 7 Some one above gave me a wand. I took the wand and touched the sand, and every grain of sand became a living thing; the beach was all a mass of beauty and of song.