are the branches;” “I am the door; by me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture;” and “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father except by me.”

This is proven by his asking, “Why did he distinctly say that he was not God, and that there is only one God, when all the time the church says he is one of three Gods?” Had he read the above quoted words could he have asked that question, or made the previous statement?

With all these evidences of his not knowing the real Jesus and not understanding His transcendental teachings, we must credit him with acknowledging the great good Jesus has done. But keep in mind that he is belittling Christianity and its Source in order to set up his claims for Spiritualism.

“To sum up, what is the answer to the question, What did Jesus really teach?

“The copies of the many previous copies of the original synoptic gospels certainly lend the greatest weight toward the belief that Jesus taught how we lived here would determine our place in the hereafter. He taught a very simple religion—belief in the Fatherhood of God; the Brotherhood of Man; that after life; that as we lived here we should live there; and that as we were forgiving and kind here, so should we receive forgiveness and kindness there.

“Putting aside all the accretions which have surrounded his simple teachings, one can believe that Jesus was in close touch with a high order of existence, and that he saw that this life of earth was a preparation for a better and a greater life hereafter. He went about doing good, trying to heal the sick with his psychic power, teaching forgiveness, love, charitableness, and preaching against the errors of his day. He was a reformer in his own time, a man we must respect and admire. He was murdered by the bigoted and his day, who hated outspoken criticism of their beliefs and actions, etc.” Ending by saying, “But do not let us forget that many, both before and after him, have lived similar lives and sacrificed them for their fellowmen.” Then he adds,

“His teaching was based on the basic principles which have been accepted by all great teachers who preceded him,