On the Astral Plane He is working in the minds of the souls abiding there, urging them to cast off the dross of earth-desires and to fix the aim upon higher things, to the end that their re-incarnations may be under improved conditions.  On the Physical Plane He is working in the hearts and minds of the earth-people, striving ever to uplift to higher things.  His aim is ever toward the liberation of the Spirit from its material bonds—­the Realization of the Real Self.  And so, in the hearts of all men, Christ is living, suffering, and being crucified every day, and this must continue until Man is redeemed and saved, even the last man.

This wonderful sacrifice of Christ far surpasses the physical sacrifice of Jesus, the man.  Try to imagine, if you can, even the faintest pangs of a being so exalted compelled to dwell in the world of the hearts and minds of a humanity so steeped in materiality as our race, knowing always the possibilities of the souls if they would but reach upward to higher things, and yet constantly suffering the knowledge of the base, carnal, material thoughts and acts flowing from these souls.  Is not this the extreme refinement of torture?  Does not the agony of the cross sink into insignificance beside such spiritual agony?  You rail at the cruelty of the Jews who crucified their Savior, and yet you crucify your Savior, with a thousandfold degree of torture, every day of your life, by your persistence in the carnalities and foolishness of mortal thought and action.

The mighty uplift of the world since the death of Jesus, of which the present is but a faint prophecy of the future, has been due largely to the energizing influence of The Christ in the hearts and minds of the race.  The sense of the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man, which is now manifesting so powerfully in the world of Men, is but an instance of the work of the Christ—­the Savior and Redeemer.  And the highest dreams of the exalted souls of this generation are but inadequate visions of what the future will hold for the race.  The work is just beginning to bud—­the blossom and the fruit will render this earth a far more glorious place than even the highest ideals of heaven entertained by the faithful in the past.  But even these things of the future will be poor things, when compared with the life of the higher planes which await the race when it has demonstrated its fitness to pass on and on and on to these greater glories.  And ever and ever The Christ is working, and toiling and striving and suffering, in His efforts to raise humanity even one petty degree in the spiritual scale of being.

The Christ is always with us, and if we but recognize His presence we shall be able to feel that warm, loving response to our soul-hunger and spiritual thirst which will result in our being given that we are so longingly craving.  Here within us dwells The Christ, ever responding to the cry of Faith, “Believe in Me and ye shall be saved.”  What a promise this is seen to be when properly understood!  What a source of power and comfort is opened up to every human soul when the Inner Truth underlying the teachings is understood!  Mystic Christianity brings this Message of Truth to each and all of you who read these lines.  Will you accept it?