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From Bethlehem to Calvary - Foreword





ForewordThis book goes out with the
earnest wish that its effect may be wholly constructive and result in a deepening of our
belief in Christ and a broader recognition of the work which He came to initiate. Many
years of work as an evangelist and as a teacher in the field of Christian principles, and
a difficult cycle in which I faced the problem of my own relation to Christ and to
Christianity, have brought me to two definitely clear and clean cut recognitions: first, a
recognition of the reality of the Individuality of Christ and of His Mission; and
secondly, a recognition that the development of the Christ Consciousness and the Christ
Nature in individual man, and in the race as a whole, carries with it the solution of our
world problem. Most heartily do I endorse the words of Arthur Weigall when he says:

"Yet the Jesus of History as distinct from the Jesus of Theology, remains 'the
way, the truth, and the life'; and I am convinced that concentration upon the historic
figure of our Lord and upon His teaching can alone inspire in this Twentieth Century that
fervent adherence and service which in former ages could be obtained from the average
layman by the expounding of theological dogmas, the threat of hell, and the performance of
elaborate rites and ceremonies."
- The Paganism in Our Christianity, by Arthur Weigall, p. 16

The kingdom
of God is now in process of rapid formation, as all those with forward-seeing vision and a
realization of the rapidly emerging beauty and divinity of man can bear testimony. We are
passing through the transition period between the old age and the new, and the true
mission of Christ, so deeply and frequently obscured by theological implications and
disputations, embodies in itself the coming revelation. The development of humanity
guarantees the recognition of Christ and His work and its participation, consciously, in
the kingdom of God. [viii]
The conscious evocation of the Christ Life in the human heart and our rapid integration
into the kingdom of God are the immediate tasks ahead, embodying our responsibility,
opportunity and destiny.
In closing, I would like to offer my grateful thanks to Mr. William Cummings and Mr.
Alan Murray for the willing and intelligent help they have given me. They have made the
writing of this book possible. [ix]





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