Certainitis，wefindsufficientthatisdivineinhislifeandteachings，withoutprofessingtobelieveinthefablesofPage84theologiansrespectinghisbirthandparentage。Wearecontenttotakethesimplerecordasitstands，andtoregardhimasthesonofJosephandMary，endowedwithsuchpurityandharmonyofcharacterasfittedhimtobetheApostleandRevelatorofthehighestwisdomevertaughttoman。ItisthefundamentalarticleinthecreedofmodernChristianity，thatJesuswasdivineinhisnature，andofmiraculousoriginandnativity。
Now，nohumanbeingofordinaryintelligence，unwarpedbyeducationalbias，wouldeverprofesstobelieveinsuchamonstrousfigment，whichonlyshowstheblindnessofsuperstitiousprejudice。\"Hereissomethingtwenty-fouryearslater。AséancereportedintheBannerofLight，Oct。9，1886，givesthefollowingquestionsandanswer：——\"Ques。——Do’spirits’generallybelieveinthedivinityofJesusChrist;thathewastheSonofGod;thathewascrucified，dead，andburied，androseagainthethirddayforthesavingofallwhoshouldbelieveinhim？
\"Ans。——No;spiritsgenerally——advancedspirits，thosewhoareintelligent，havingstudieddeeplyintotheprinciplesoflife——donotacceptthetheoryofthedivinityofJesusChrist;theydonotbelievethathewascrucifiedformankind，intheacceptedunderstandingofthatterm。\"SomeyearsagoaclasswasformedinNewYorkCityforthepurposeofinvestigatingwhatiscalledthespiritualphilosophy。Beforethatclass，Dr。Weissesaid：——\"FriendOrtonseemstomakeratherlightofthecommunicationsfromspiritsconcerningChrist。Itseems，nevertheless，thatallthetestimonyreceivedfromadvancedspiritsonlyshowsthatChristwasamediumandreformerinJudea;thathenowisanadvancedspiritinthesixthsphere;
butthatheneverclaimedtobeGod，anddoesnotatpresent。Ihavehadtwocommunicationstothateffect。IhavealsoreadsomethatDr。Harehad。IfIamwronginmyviewsoftheBible，Ishouldliketoknowit，forthespiritsandmediumsdonotcontradictme。\"Page85ThepeculiarinsultherepurposelyofferedtotheSaviourwillbeappreciatedwhenitisnotedthatataboutthesametimethespiritslocatedThomasPaine，thewell-knownskeptic，intheseventhsphere，onesphereabovethatofChrist。Hemustthereforehaveprogressedveryrapidly，seeinghesoquicklysurpassedChrist，whohadover1700yearsthestartofhim。
BeforethesameclassDr。Hareisreportedtohavespokenasfollows，whichwegivewithoutassuminganyresponsibilityforthespiritualgrammarthereinexhibited：——\"HesaidthathehadbeenthusprotectedfromdeceptionbythespiritsofWashingtonandFranklin，andthattheyhadbroughtJesusChristtohim，withwhomhehadalsocommunicated。Hehadfirstrepelledhimasanimpostor;butbecameconvincedafterwardthatitwasreallyhim。