CHAPTER XI.
ATONEMENT AND EUCHARIST.
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. — Paul.
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel. — Paul.
For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the
Kingdom of God shall come. — Jesus.
ATONEMENT is the exemplification of man's unity
with God, whereby he reflects divine Truth, Life,
Divine oneness.
and Love. Jesus of Nazareth taught and
demonstrated this oneness with the Father, and
for this we owe him endless homage. His mission was
both individual and collective. He did Life's work
aright, not only in justice to himself, but in mercy to
mortals, — to show them how to do theirs, but not to do
it for them, or relieve them of a single responsibility.
He acted boldly, against the accredited evidence of the
senses, against Pharisaical creeds and practices, and
refuted all opponents with his healing power.
The atonement of Christ reconciles man to God, not God to man; for the Principle of Christ is God, and how Reconciliation. can God propitiate himself? How can the Christ-heart reach higher than itself, when no fountain can rise higher than its source? Christ could conciliate no nature above his own, derived from
