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"Through the divine influence of an Electric Thought, then, the world unconsciously grew to expect SOMETHING--they knew not what The old creeds of the world, like sunflowers, turned towards that unknown Sun; the poets, prophets, seers, all spoke of solory; and to this day the fated Jews expect it, unwilling to receive as their Messiah the Divine Martyr they slew, though their own Scriptures testify to His identity
"Christ cael from God's Sphere was in the first place sent down to Earth to wear the form of Mary of Bethlehem, in Judea Within that vessel of absolute purity God placed an Eeriven to us in our bodies to cultivate and foster, but a complete immortal Spirit, a portion of God Hi This Spirit, pent up in clay, was born as a helpless babe, grew up as ht, coain and returned in peace to Heaven, His mission done
"It was necessary, in order to establish what has been called an electric communication between God's Sphere and this Earth, that an actual immortal, untainted Spirit in the person of Christ should walk this world, sharing with er, and death Why? In order that we ht first co His spiritual strength and glory by His resurrection And here may be noted the main difference between the Electric Theory of Christianity and other theories CHRIST DID NOT DIE BECAUSE GOD NEEDED A SACRIFICE The idea of sacrifice is a relic of heathen barbaris to desire the sacrifice of the smallest flower He is too patient to be ever wrathful; and barbaric ignorance confronts us again in the notion that He should need to be appeased And the fancy that He should desire Himself or part of Himself to become a sacrifice to Hi opinions of erring huether that it is difficult to distinguish one from the other Christ's death was not a sacrifice; it was simply a means of confidence and communion with the Creator A sinless Spirit suffered to show us how to suffer; lived on earth to show us how to live; prayed to show us how to pray; died to show us how to die; rose again to ily upon us that there was in truth a life beyond this one, for which He strove to prepare our souls Finally, by His re-ascension into Heaven He established that much-needed electric communication between us and the Central Sphere