Let it be remembered, the value of the Atonement consists in its moral power or tendency to promote virtue and happiness. Moral power is the power of motive. The highest moral power is the influence of example. Advice has moral power. Precept has moral power.
Sanction has moral power.
But example is the highest moral influence that can be exerted by any being. Moral beings are so created as to be naturally influenced by the example of each other. The example of a child, as a moral influence, has power upon other children. The example of an adult, as a moral influence, has power. The example of great men and of angels has great moral power.