WHAT CHRISTIANITY

MEANS TO ME

A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS

ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

LONDON. BOMBAY CALCUTTA

MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO

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WHAT CHRISTIANITY

MEANS TO ME

A SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY

BY

LYMAN ABBOTT

Till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man,
unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1921

All rights reserved

CHAPTER

CONTENTS

I HOW THIs Book Came TO BE WRITTEN

PAGE

I

II I GIVE UNTO THEM THE Keys of the KINGDOM 14

III THE CHURCH'S ONE FOUNDATION

32

IV

I AM COME TO PREACH GLAD TIDINGS TO THE

POOR

52

VI I AM COME TO FULFILL THE LAW AND THE

VII I HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME

VIII I HAVE COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT

WHICH WAS LOST

97

IX I CAME TO GIVE MY LIFE A RANSOM FOR