Chapter V - Prayer and Atonement
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the accusation, he is Beelzebub, the chief of sinners, a
the accusation, he is Beelzebub, the chief of sinners, a
glutton, and the friend of the impure. Christian martyr
of the nineteenth century, does it wrong thee one half
as much? then remember, it is enough for thee "that
the servant should be as his Lord," and that you be
found worthy to unloose the sandals of thy Master's
faith. To conclude persecution for righteousness' sake
belongs to the past, and that Christianity to-day is at
peace with the world, honored by sects and societies, is
to mistake its very nature. History will repeat itself;
the trials of prophet, disciple, and apostle, those of whom
"the earth was not worthy," await, in some form, the
pioneers of Truth.
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Scripture informs us, Jesus read the thoughts of man,
Scripture informs us, Jesus read the thoughts of man,
discovering the hidden springs of action, and construing
them according to motive. Perceiving their thoughts,
as he walked with his students, he answered, unasked,
questions that needed explanation. This mind-reading
was not clairvoyance, it was absence from the body, a
spiritual insight wherewith he shew the woman of Sa-
maria her error, and convinced her of his superiority
over man, and she went away, saying, "Is not this the
Christ," the Truth of man that discerns the error? His
marvellous works are readily accounted for when we
remember, Christ is God, and that Jesus held all that
he was, God, and wrought from the standpoint of his
God-being, and this was the science of being.
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A magistrate who lived at the time of Jesus, wrote,
A magistrate who lived at the time of Jesus, wrote,
"His rebuke is fearful," and his strong language in
scripture regarding hypocrisy, confirms this saying, but
the stronger evidence that his reproof was pointed
and pungent, is the necessity there was for it when he
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cast out devils and healed the sick. The only civility
cast out devils and healed the sick. The only civility
Truth exchanges with error is "Get behind me, satan."
There is too much animal courage, and not sufficient
moral courage in Society. Christians take up arms
against error at home and abroad, grapple with sin in
themselves and others, and continue this warfare until
they have finished their course, and thenceforth receive
its reward.
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If you have triumphed sufficiently over the errors of
If you have triumphed sufficiently over the errors of
personal sense for Soul to hold the balance of power in
your being, you will loathe sin and rebuke it, under
whatever mask it appears; and you can bless your en-
emies only in this way, but they may not so construe it.
We cannot choose but work out our own salvation on the
Principle Jesus taught and demonstrated, viz., casting
out devils, healing the sick, and preaching the gospel
to the poor. A moral coward is unfit to bear the stand-
ard of Truth, and God will never place it in his hands.
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A member of the Methodist Church once said to us,
A member of the Methodist Church once said to us,
"I hope, when you write your work on science, you
will dwell much on the atonement." After reading
these pages, if the "arm of the Lord is revealed" to
that mind, anew she will commence her own work, and
with the unction of primitive Christianity, heal herself
and others, and thus gain the liberty of the sons of
God. This is regeneration, and to have part in the
atonement, and to understand wherefore Jesus suffered
and triumphed. But Truth, lifting its voice above
'ology and 'ism, and requiring a reconstruction of man,
must be persecuted, and those not having touched its
garments and felt in their body it has healed them,
will persecute it.