_Hunt, Plate 35,_ adds that truthfulness of detail, that literalness of statement made possible by the antiquarian and the archaeologist. It is the moment described in Luke 2:48, when his mother speaks to Jesus, "Son, why hast thou dealt thus with us?" [Illustration: Finding of Christ in the Temple.] Plate 35. _Finding of Christ in the Temple._ Holman Hunt. 1827- _Dobson, Plate 37,_ shows the moment of discovery, the moment just before Mary speaks. Some of the kinsfolk and acquaintances have evidently returned with Joseph and Mary. A rabbi is telling them about this wondrous child. (Luke 2:47.) [Illustration: Christ Disputing in the Temple.] Plate 37. _Christ Disputing in the Temple._ W. C. T. Dobson. THE SILENT YEARS AT HOME. Tradition says that Joseph soon died, and that Jesus supported the family by working at his trade. _Hunt, Plate 40_, has invented an occasion to emphasize the prophetic words often applied to Mary, "Is any sorrow like unto my sorrow?" (Lam. 1:12.) Simeon had said "Yea and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul," and Mary, "pondering all these things in her heart," is startled, at the close of the day, by seeing the shadow of her son cast upon the wall, like the form of one upon a cross. [Illustration: Shadow of Death.] Plate 40. _Shadow of Death._ Holman Hunt. 1827- _Plockhoerst, Plate 41,_ depicts the parting of Mother and Son,-- another pang for the saintly Mary. [Illustration: Christ taking leave of his Mother.] Plate 41. _Christ taking leave of his Mother._ B. Plockhoerst. 1825- _Plate 42_ is Andrea del Sarto's famous the youthful John the Baptist, in the days before he came preaching in the of Judea. (Luke 1:80.) [Illustration: John the Baptist.] Plate 42. _John the Baptist._ Andrea del Sarto. 1488-1530. _Titian, Plate 43,_ shows John as he appeared a few years later upon the banks of Jordan, "his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins." (Matt. 3:1-4.) He seems to be saying, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." (John 1:29.) The river is introduced as a symbol (Luke 3:16), and the lamb also (John 1:35). Del Sarto seems to have studied this figure before painting his boy John. Compare the two faces, and the two arms and hands. Notice the two crosses also. [Illustration: John the Baptist Preaching.] Plate 43. _John the Baptist Preaching._ Titian. 1477-1576. THE TEMPTATION. _Scheffer, Plate 44,_ shows Jesus "upon an exceeding high mountain" and Satan offering him the world for one act of worship. Jesus is about to say, "Worship God." (Matt. 4:8-10.) _Hofmann, Plate 45,_ has selected the next moment when Satan retreats and an angel comes to minister to the famished man. (Matt. 4:11.) The serpent is present because of Rev. 12:9. [Illustration: Temptation of Christ.] Plate 44. _Temptation of Christ._ Ary Scheffer. 1795-1858. [Illustration: Temptation.] Plate 45. _Temptation._ H. Hofmann. 1824- THE BEGINNING OF PUBLIC SERVICE.