In this little book the Rev. Father Martindale has taken great pains to come down to the mental level of the man in the street. He makes it very clear that sacrificial and sacramental worship is in accord with the nature of man, and that our human nature requires external forms of symbol and ceremony in religion. He leads the reader to expect and to find that in fact our Lord did make ample provision for such human needs.
The natural man requires symbol and ceremony; but the sinful man requires more, namely, redemption from sin by the grace of God. It was for this especially that our Saviour came into the world, and, when he provided symbol and ceremony, he made them the channels of his saving grace. This is the thesis of the book.