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Jesus continued:

Jesus continued:

*"And now, which one of you would prefer to take this easy path of conformity to an established and fossilized religion, as defended by the Pharisees at Jerusalem, rather than to suffer the difficulties and persecutions attendant upon the mission of proclaiming a better way of salvation to men while you realize the satisfaction of discovering for yourselves the beauties of the realities of a living and personal experience in the eternal truths and supreme grandeurs of the kingdom of heaven? Are you fearful, soft, and ease seeking? Are you afraid to '''trust''' your future in the hands of the God of truth, whose sons you are? Are you distrustful of the Father, whose children you are? Will you go back to the easy path of the certainty and intellectual settledness of the '''religion of traditional authority''', or will you gird yourselves to go forward with me into that uncertain and troublous future of '''proclaiming the new truths''' of the '''religion of the spirit''', the '''kingdom of heaven in the hearts of men'''?"

*"And now, which one of you would prefer to take this easy path of '''conformity''' to an established and fossilized '''religion''', as defended by the Pharisees at Jerusalem, rather than to suffer the difficulties and persecutions attendant upon the mission of proclaiming a better way of '''salvation''' to men while you realize the satisfaction of discovering for yourselves the beauties of the realities of a living and personal experience in the eternal '''truths''' and supreme '''grandeurs''' of the kingdom of heaven? Are you fearful, soft, and ease seeking? Are you afraid to '''trust''' your future in the hands of the God of '''truth''', whose sons you are? Are you distrustful of the Father, whose '''children''' you are? Will you go back to the easy path of the certainty and intellectual settledness of the religion of '''traditional authority''', or will you gird yourselves to go forward with me into that uncertain and troublous future of proclaiming the '''new truths''' of the '''religion of the spirit''', the kingdom of heaven in the hearts of men?"

All twenty-four of his hearers rose to their feet, but he raised his hand and stopped them, saying:

All twenty-four of his hearers rose to their feet, but he raised his hand and stopped them, saying:

*"Go now apart by yourselves, '''each man alone with the Father''', and there find the unemotional answer to my question, and having found such a true and sincere '''attitude of soul''', speak that answer freely and boldly to '''my Father and your Father''', whose '''infinite life of love''' is the very '''spirit of the religion''' we proclaim."

*"Go now apart by yourselves, each man alone with the Father, and there find the unemotional answer to my question, and having found such a true and sincere attitude of '''soul''', speak that answer freely and boldly to my Father and your Father, whose infinite life of '''love''' is the very spirit of the religion we proclaim."