What are the two outcomes for Christianity if it does not return to Christ and the atoning blood?
According to Francis L. Patton, Christianity's only hope is rehabilitating Pauline theology—returning to an incarnate Christ and the atoning blood. If it does not return, the alternative outcome is to go on to atheism and despair. Thus the two paths are restoration or ruin.
Les explains that this quote came from Francis L. Patton, president of Princeton University from 1888 to 1902, when Princeton was still a bulwark of conservative Christianity. Patton's warning was that Christianity's only hope lies in rehabilitating the Pauline theology—returning to an incarnate Christ and the atoning blood. Failing that, he said, the trajectory is on, on, and on to atheism and despair.