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AM) 1.1 P^ THE WRM'IR HAS GRATKFri.I.V IF \KN 1 D M\NV THINGS. • '1 i-v-:*'^* ( hri^t's Te-^l "i' Disci plcship Christ's F.xaniple I'.xaniplcs from HistiT) Our Duty \\ ho is My Xcighlvr; A I'raciical Gospel Providing New Iiitt-rests in Life The Question of I''.n\ ironiiunt Adequate Rcnuincration Financial Investment 'l"he Claims of the Rich Personal C(niversion Personal Conversion is foi Service Social Service Leagues The Care of the Bod\ Care of the Child Ministering to^thejWholc (rf Life Page w lO 1 1 I 2 i; 17 i<) 2'' 2') t - 47 53 41 RKLRUOUS RIAIVAI. AM) SOCIAL BKI'IHRMKNT 4 f Religious Revival and Social Betterment Christ's Test nf Disci plrship More knoulcdL'c ni. aiul IdX'c for Lhri.-t means c< intern for those whom lie -^o loveii. That is involved In beliiL' a Christ one. "''I'he Son of Man came not to lie ministered unlo, but to minisler." He looked out on the rnultiludc and was moved with compassion, and thai com- passion expressed itself in service. I'he wear> We made comfortable; tlie luint;r>- He fed: the :~ick He healed; to the troubled and anxiou- one^ He brought peace; lo the sorely tempted He imparted strength. I'o those who would follow Him. He says. "By this shall all men know- that ye are My Disciples, if ye have love one tf) another." If we arc ^'ood, we must be good for something, and good to somebody. Christ's test of discipleship forbids the strong to pre>- c*n the weak, the few to plunder the many, or the main- the few; it means that justice and merc\ must be loved and practised, and that men must I'.ot live heedless of their feliowmen. in Ri'lr.i'ius M,:i:ii! and S"i ui! HetU-nnen: Christ's Example In ^tudvint: the rccor Js of our Master's lite uc at oiue sc ibout tin- \\ how intenst Iv concerned He was hole life of the people with whom He l,ad to deal. I Ic T^'" ^ P^eat deal of His valua lime and strength in concern bU for the bodily iH'^ )f men. I H( stands ou I as the ^'reat spu it- men. I riK-, IK. ,>iaii wail c,f sorrow, a heart ready to ^<:X':f\W Z\Z .necies of need. Although we nghtfulK regaru Him as especially the Redeemer of the soul >e n^ one can read the .tory of His life without i::;.ling that He was as emphaticallv the Saviour of the bodv. He taught the people; but while aching He did not neglect to n.ultiply the oaves and tishes in order to satisfy the hunger of th< c row So it was all through His mimstrv. The peculiar need of the shrinking woman with the shame-faced disease the father s cry o an- .niish for his little daughter, the aPpeal of the oppressed, the crv of a poor blind beggar, the .h iek of pain, the mad cry of the demon-pos- sessed; all these were heard by Him ana none were heard in vain. . ,^„„Ut to What relief and reconstruction "<^,^""P'^\ ! brine t earlier stau'cs that 1- mpire was not lr>> reiiuMous than was I rael .< 'okni' at ti\e -ame liein- how the earl\- f( • iiipire later on. none can ollowers o .1 \ ruC' !i(. R f I. esus influenced ace harriers were down, tlie Condi lien of the poor the sla\e was htjuored. and th wa- e wonde'' brc^k 'Ct tere* en ful 1 these Christians for each other deeplv all obser\er>. And what these Christ ovc ot impressed lans stood ;or has been the mo [Powerful moral lever ttiat c\er has been applied to the affairs of men. Ri'!ivi',us Re-vkd' and Sntuil Hrffrmnil All (.imii-ftciii hislfirian-> pav lh«-ir tiibwK' tin- tit.'litct.-iilii cciilur\ cvairjclit ;il revival, .n: ; iiK.ic than one lia^ < t the Covenant. "" fiirnishes iniuh int'orniatioii and in-piratioti un ihc subject, llie name of C'hahner- >tand^ in the forefront of tho>e who led the revived Cluireh into practical and etTecti\(.' v.ork for -ocial lietlennen'. While Mjcial betietnie!it i- takinir on an en- lar^'cd ineaniiiL' at ihe j^resent lime. \ et there aie other name-^ like l.uther. Knox, W e-le\ . and. Whitelield, that are in-eparably a^M.ciated wit'ii it. and the\- are >o a^^ociated with it because o; the clearer \i-inn l!ie\ recei'ced of ("lod -with ~i)ch .t \i-ion a man i^ bound to be a .-ocial re- tormer. no inatier hou men ma\ cla-;sif\ him. 'I'lie cr\ of a need\ world reaches his he.irl .in : le resj'onc is, ■■ 1 lere am i. send inc." i)[,r Duly In tins j-ieriod of nailon-makinu' and c;t\- makiii'j en t'.e North .\nierican continent. \\i- ;,,(.-d to watcii and uork and prav to jnevent the insidiou- erowth of those evils that constitut- almost rarah/iuK' problems in x-me other lands and ci'.-e, to-dav. These problems may never be 'ohcd. but they wd! become lesser pri.blem> as thevonuL' .\mer:can realizes that his re time, that is a great, a very great utterance. And again in Kphesians. "\\'e are members one (<{ another." We are bound to the re>t of the human race in the compact bundle of life, and the final demonstration of the quality of our religious life must be in our relations to our fellow-men, of whatever type they may be. In one of our settlement houses where large- hearted men and women are toiling among the poverty stricken and sin-handicapped of the city's centre, a street waif expressed his apprecia- tion of the help being given. "Sa\- teacher." said the little chap whose life had been one of ill- ■ 4 AV //;;(.,„ V Mr: Udi .imi S'x ui! /i,-/r,-rn:fti' treat, iiciit, ".I fdlcr v'i'^ a cliarur !i..r<- Juu't h-' In the hf.ijv,- it\ '^Mt (nil." on the >ttc(t the hii- feller >:ifs evervthiiivr. hut here rvcrvhoJ) ^it's a chance." In those words the little chap has put the 'vhole case for social effort. 'I'hat is the foundation principle to five evcrv individual his or her ( lod-intende 1 chance. So Ion- as its ideals are such as thai, fhri ^tianitv never can become obsolete. If (hristianitv were nierel". concerned with the temporarv adjustnient er or the employee, 'fhat is. she cannot be ex- clusively or permanent Iv the champion of either side if she is true to her l.oid. [esus was never the champion of a class. He was the champion of humanity. We must emphasi/e the fact that men of all ranks should exercise forbearance and syriipathy and .i;enerosity one toward the other. Social betterment is to be brought about by a creed that says, "mine is thine." 'i"he healin- word and deed fr.i the social woes of men is, "what I have, five I thee." 'I'liat means sacrihce. Christ's power over the world is not that He preached at it, but that He died for it. One has said of our own day. " Xo at'e has so honestly begun to discern that it is love alone which can speak the last, and perhaps the first Rflii'if.U' Rfvral andSnruil lifttrrv.rnt i; »nrd in the struetrlc between povertv jud ucalth (.lass and class, nation and nation." Do we think social service is excIuMvelv associated with ureat buildinir schemes, with settlement houses, with clubs, with >;iiiki> nil such Iil If we think thus, we unnece.sariiv deplete the ranks of social workers F.v,t\- individual who considers the effect of what he i> doinp or leaving' undone on the general wcif irr and sacrifices if need be his private intenst, brinps himself into the ranks of the nation's -ocial workers. We need what one has termed •public .souls." Men and women who will ^n <>ut of the narrowed boundaries <>{ their own little world of preferences and dislikes into the boundless world that God loves. H'ho IS A/v Neighbour^ Christ would not allow men t<, circumscribe imits ^to their helpfulness. "Who is mv nei^di- bour.' was a question He repudiated, because It suppested that some were not the questioner's neighbours. When the parable was ended Christ -x?u^ u *^^ ^^"""^ ''^ ^^"^ question and asked. Which -was neiphbour unto him that fell amonp the thieves .>" The opportunitv, not the 'IT^ /' .'^^"^^'^"tes the oblipation <>{ service. I he I-atherhood of God is often more readilv acknowk>tipcd than the consequent brotherhood rt man: but in all our strivines for social better- ment the latter is an essential principle C.od !<■ A'('/:^'io.v.r f\r' :: cl ci ui! Br"t-r»:rn; has made us nciirhbour'- Id luiiulrcds and tliou- sands in this land, some arc poor, sf)mc arc rich; some arc degraded, ^r>iii<- arc cultured; some arc repul-^i\e, some are attractive; hut to all "I am debtor." Vet how little it troubles us lo pa-;- bv on the other side. Perhaps as in the parable. n'.iscr\- icmains unrelii'\-eii because it is not clamorous enou^'h. The poor unfortunate man lav half-dead and so the priest had not to lisicn to earnest appeals to which it nii;_'ht have been difticult to jrive a j-xisiiivc refusal. ^ et tlM^e wounds, that helplessness, were appeal enouirh to a heart of C'hris^like lo\e. The Church is not in the world to save itself • peacefully and seltishly to supplv its own need,- - but to extend it^ wor'- until all men .-hall know- its Lord. The pastor and oiRcers ma\- have duties that centre around and witliin a pariicular orj?anization. but their duties are far wider than the church in uh.ich they are called to serve. "Into all the world to every creature. "■ lifts a man bevond and abn\e aU local limitations. It makes his field broader than any walls can bound or anv streets mark otl. Never was it intended that the Church should be separate from the world in any sense that removes its heli> and sympathy from it. The very function n| the church is found in lier organic relation to the communitv and lier mission must be all-inclusive. I'he rich and the poor, the learned and the un- learned, the employer and the empUnee, alike claini her services. Rriiguius R'-: i:ui lifui Si'i uti Hr:t,-rn:r>'. r '1 \\v f(ill(.\\in- iiicidiiii is nariatcJ liocaiis-- Micial bflternicnt i^ ct'toii lakcii lo mcti as al- rt-ady stated. s(.iik' L'rcai <•! _'a!ii/.<.-d ninvt'mt'nt in \'. Iin.-h diily ctTtain mifs tiii.i it possible t') ciii.'aL.'c. A \ t.uiiL' iiiciiilnTot a Christian I'.iuleaxor Snciety in a niiciiaiKi city is rccciviiiL' a -mall salary aiui di.t iif it partialK- inaiiitaiii'- an iir'alid parent. The summer's wtcaticn was planned arui >e\era! nu-nths' scant\- ^a\iiiL's uere put awa\' Icr the much needed h(ilida\ . 'I'uo weeks before liolidav lime a poverty--i'-ic!;en and -"'ekK mntlier in an^tlier part of the cit;. la}- unteinled. except tur such help as the wearied liusfiand could iri\'e betcre ami alter the d.i\ 's tfij. Knowiivj the tit- cumsfances. the -ir! wlio belonired to the Christian I'.ndea\-or Sociei>, wrote t( ; her hfilida\ conipaiiinn. "I simjdy car.noi !,'o. " A cjuiet tin-e was spent at iiome iiistead .'rant witli such viei-ds is v.cirth a thousand ;;o.'i;n!enis in behalf of Chris- tianit} . ./ I'rw'ica! Ci'tspt'.' On the part of some i.'o"d people Uiere is wliat Ibi.L'h IVice IluL'hes called an " irritatiiii.' ten- ts Re! I ill 1' -i K ■'.I S"i ui! Hrf'rnrnit dcuc^" to lalk dhna\ -iviiij •'the do-pci to th<> r,pprc-^^•ll. starvlir/, MitTrrini:. ac^litute people; and yet ii-> real coiiCLTn i- felt about their eco- nomic ami social i.oniliti(Mi. (t is ca-;v for ttie wcll-feil. wcll-clotheci. hoin'j--rcurc iiKiiviJual to '• 1 -dk '■ ( iospel. but '" if a bn ither or sister be naked and destitute of dailv food."' then is the time for more tlian mere uoi^.K. d'h-'re must be deeds nt heroic ser\ice tiiat will brlnu' relief and hberat\on. A ^'ood illustration -•! tliis non-practical sort o1 svmpathv was riven in the British House <>' CV-mmons some time avo in Mr. Will Crooks who is known to mair in the class called "The Sub mcrpetl entli. l)add\ le 1 die father to vhom ma;n of these people eo with their troubles. Durim.' the i)c>ck Strike hi- spceche-; were mo^t imiTesdve. but he never cariicd his audience with him -o much as when he spoke in the House on his moii(Ui reu-ardins: the estab- li'-hmcnt of a general mininunu waire of thirty sliillings a week for each adult worker. "'.Ml 1 a-k."' he said dramaticalh. "is that the workim.' mail shall be treated a^ a human beinirand not as a machine. *Kats on economic condition'^' crirs the hum:: . wian. i want to ect food for mys.df and for mv 'amilv'."" and then Mr. Crooks told the pathetic >tor\- of a little cirl, who u'oin.tr alonv lumrcr was met bv a well- "Wha' is the matter, my little dear." ked. The child said she was huiurry. Never mind, (iod sends bread to tili hmv^rv mouths."" •■\e^."" r<-p!M'd tin- little -irl. "bu- the road crviiie with ted person, the latter a Rrhzious Ri:i:j' anci So, I uu lii'irr)Kri:; i.^ He sends the broad to \fjiir hf.ii^c aii.i 'he mouth > to f)urs. '" Pidus sentence's do not sa;isf\- hun-ry months. Ihe Bible i:ives the greatest iM)>s;h!c ;irominen':e to the physical and social needs of men and to what should be the Chriotian's attitude to tliese ^ ct we must bear in mind that much help that is called charity is little better than wasted. Our aim in such relief must be iKjt merelv to brinu' comfort, but to produce character. ii\- keeping tie d!scrimmati\ e that thouj^'ht in \ iew, we sha in our charit^ . Dr. Russell II. Con\vel! in his f ".Acres of Diamoi! s. " tells of beini; warned not to ^\\{_- anythiiiL- . endable to a m;n wlio used to frecpient miss'oit halls and smaller places seeking' assistance. One da\- he sucv umbed to a pa- thetic stor>- told him and twelve hours later was taken to task b\- a judge for having furnisiied the man mentioned with the means for irettint,' drunk \ aluable propert\- was .Rs'royed by a tire started through the drunkenness of which Dr. C'onweli had unwittingly been the cause. .Xo matter how kindly the motive, indiscriminate charity often leads to very much greater evils than those it seeks to alleviate. Pr')VHiinz -Vcw /)!:rr,\f's in Li',- Then there are the manv who. throutrh tlieir ou n or others' faults, have no iiuier resources, in rrolitabh- ■ iccupvin^' anil wfio neci ruida Rrli'r>''U^ A% ;< rW. ■>.(-' Sm \,i'. Hrjrrmrvt tlu'ir kl^iire hour^. Absence ..f helpful, stmni- lati-r^' iiiKTot^ aiui fri.'n^isiiip-^ have causeJ inuch of \\xv ■jainl^'iuL' aiul ai-un':.-:i!u'- an 1 vice w.nch ue mourn. Noi \ '■r\ ui;tny sutTrr for want <>\ food in this laiui "f ,uamt and homely \ erse a jreat trntli alon- these !'.:o'^; When a inait ha-n't .a cen' and is fcermi,' kind oi blue. .\nd the clouds hanj dark and heavy and won't let tin- simshin- throu-h. It"- a L'reaT ihinir hoy-, lor a tiei'.rh- bour just t' 1 la\ Mis hand upon \our shoaldei in a friendly sort of way. It makesa man feel curiou-. it makes the tear-drops start. And \ou feel a kind of tlutterin- in :'•(' reu'io!! of the hear' : Vou can't look up and meet liiseys. \ ou don't ktiow u liat to -.n W lien his h.uid i- on your .-shoulder in a tiiendilv -. .rt ot way. Rflf^i'^Ho Rciival and Social Bftfi'rvient '\'h\> worlJ'^ a curiuus compound with its honey and its j^ail. Its care and hitter crosses, hut a ^'ood world alter all. And a jood (lod must have made it, leastways that is what I say, W hen a hand is on my shoulder in a friendly sort of way A man who is now the leader in the woi i< of a certain church, was saved froui hopeless despair hecause a hand was placed on his shoulder anJ. he was assured that cjne helievcd in him and would stand hy him; for months the one lived for the other. It was an individual effort for an individual, hut the redeemed man is now a force in t^" -.ocial hetterment of a needy community. So ■ appears to he an individual efTort, is oftei -. ministry to the multitude. The same thing applies to many of the lads of our great cicies. They have no healthy, helpful interests in life. Left to themselves, they drifted into bad gangs ttiat are often a menace to the community. K\en the formation of "ga!i\,'s" shows that these boys are naturallv fond of organization and discipline, and such organization would save many a lad from adult criminality. One writes: "htTective treatment of the juvenile de'intjuent wer cent." Several years jater he added, "make it ninety-nine per cent." At least it is certain that thousands of children of poor hereditv rescued from the slums and transferred to a favorable environment, have become good and helpful citizens. What handi- caps poisonous air, immoral surroundings, tumble- down and badh- ventilated dwellings are in the development of nobility of character. Dr. Paterson Smyth speaks of the inevitable degrada- tion of those who are "packed in one reeking chamber" with blasphemy and obscenity ever to be heard throuijh the thin partitions on either side. Settlement and other city workers again and again find men and women herded together in tenements in such a way as to make decency and virtue almost impossible. Dwelling places abound where men and women are living and sleeping the year round amidst unspeakable filth krhgi'.'W. Rr:i:al and Sociu! Brttrrmrnt ;,ik1 vici'. Defeneration is absolutely una%oid- A^|~■ in such environments. , , , r in an K.astern citv the medical health othccr ivported that as manv a-~ ten people were hvinij i„ one room with no attempt at venti alion. \notlier report from a city of hftv thousand, says Mfteen I'olacks were found, eatm^', cof.kuu' and slccpini' in one small room amon^'^t ti ih and stench that the invcstii^'alors found unendurable. I„ another citv one hundred and hfly-si.x Aus- uianv were found hvini: in a ten-roomed house. I'ven a limited pergonal .•x.-crience shows one Ahai crueltv, crime, and depths of infamy may hv found in such abodes.— evils which pen scarcely can e.xauu-rate. I'nder these conditions where MPialid Povertv and unblushm- lawlessness abound, families' are beinij reared which create .•nvironments that defy the church and threaten ,he foundations of the State, S-^h conditions „u,.t be remedied as we endeavor to reform men and women: otherwise, we leave them \\here it is well-ni-h impossible for them to be even common- Iv decent, and where "wrinkled in body and mind the lit'ht is flickerinir out m their souls. \ short time aijo we looked over a vast ^.'rimy desert of houses, with dingy rubbish-hlled yards and lanes. F.verv roof covers two, three or more families of working people. These people must work I'ntil thev bre-^k down or die. We cal iheni hopeless- -th< e sin-mauled men and u.Hnen but faithful, loving service has shown lint ail are capabh' of responding' to inHucnces Rf!!':!ouj knual and Si i ui! Hrrn >< 'Ahich call f'Ut ainliiti'in ;iiKi I.>\('. ami simic ot ilusf "h()pcU'«is"" oiu'-> ha'.'o » . Those of u^ \\hi> are (•iiL'aL'cil ;ii the woik ol Social Scrvici' aiui l'Aari_'i-"!i>m, brhc.c in the pou(_T of the u'ospcl net a l'i),}h-1 <.1 tlu-ory, but a L'ospcl that can be preached in a practical way I" tliese hutiirrv. wretched iiiuitltude^, and poor. iH-v'lecleii, >tar\iiiL' children. \o depravii;.' i- beyond the reach of Cliri'-tian li.ve. I'he trouble lies lartrely in the fact that in the j-a-t we did \\t,\ get near enouL'h !o tiuse peiplc either i;i a physicial uv a spiritual ^ense. !t is tK.t a factory method to jdani "' missions" m midst, and ha\e pi^pIe come in for a f<-w ■-at! -.- tlieir lours service each week. We are, fnun ttu' \iew puint of iliesc downcast people. \'"< much removei.1 from them in an\- sucli work. I'.arnc^t people, not tof) l(jni: but tiii> c'xciusiwly have prayed for these su.tTerini: one-;, praved with tear->tained faces— but the prayer tiial is most needed is the prayer that wears out the soles quicker than the knees. What is needed is a love that manifest-, it self thiouL'h the human touch. Clirist ent<'red the city with its u retchednes-. Hi toadied the open sore with Hi-- own hand-, and tiiat lesson we have been slow to learn- the ; the personal Christlike touch. There are probably many of our c;i\ chi'rche> where this class of people would be welcome, biin the ver\ location, and in -ome cases, the cxtra'va- '/aiit furiiishiiiL"-. tiabid tlu-ir emrance. It i- imt 1-^ ttie teed (if Rr'' R, : ,i' ,ii'J S'li Id! fir-'/rnvfiit .■u'lii-h lii^ay, "Oh well thai ^hoiilJ iiol br -in:^ ihcy ou^'hi t(i be willing' to ir<> to these churches." Tin- fact i> th<-\ dn nol ^ we may h(jpe to brin- about tlieir permanent reformation. Splendul service alc^n^' these lines is bein^;: rendered bv certain (>\ our city churches. Necessarily, the process of reclamation of these di-,lricts will be slow, but the people reached v. ill carry back to their liomes transforminu influences. Jdcqudtc- Rrmunt-ratu.n Many o{ our peoj^le, whose lives have been religiously quickened and enriched, are holdin|; and are goin^r tfi hold more of .Vmerica's wealth than is actuallv needed for their own sustenance and comfort 'As employers, what is going to be their altitude towards ihe etnployce.=' Is a writer correct when he says, "People who call themselves Christians have used labor and iheii thrown men and women aside as ihey throw old machines on a scrap heap.'"' And some who have done ihe '-throwing"' are much burdened by iheir many goods, which the rejected toiler has helped i, produce; and in the process of production the Rr!i CJiillS RcvKu! an J Social RftUrvf} ■7 fdilrr's rrmiincratiou has bei-r. -iicli tHa' to pro- \ide for the c\il tiay was an iriipo^sihilit \-. A' wc write these lines, a u'reat cit\' is stirred hv a spectacular and turbulent upheaval. Tlic e\eiits iust j^reccdine the tla\-s of the I' rench Re\f)iutioii ha\e been re-enacted. The oppres- sion of hiirli prices ff)r the necessities of life lias become so insufferable to the poor, that t!ie\ have arisen in tumult uous revolt. .\ newspaper reprtrt is as follows: Crvint', '\^e want bread, wc want bread," more than tlirce thousaiul women, bareheaded, scantily clad their warmest ^:arment beitma shawl thrown about their shoulders — stormed up the -^icps of the City Hall here to-ilay, demandinu' relief from the .Ma\(>r from the hi'jh cf)St of food. Most of the women carried babies in their arms, their faces showinp the pinch of hunijer. Within a few ininutes a crowd of thousand'^ !iad leathered in the City Hall Park watchintr the demonstra- tion. 'We are starvim.,'1 We want bread!' was the constant cry raised by the women, as they surged about the entrance to the City Hall. They swept up the steps en masse. The doors were baneed shut in their faces, ani.1 wild cries and impreca- tions follow'. krhi'ious Rr.v.a! and S'.( uil lifttern.fnt I .muKtii. uiiti! war ini pro', oi lah<,i (.ciidi- iioiiN i' i^ ^ai^i that (>\w million, civ'ht liuiulii'vl tlinuvaixl pf'.plc liail iut >tlcs> ha^ lia^tLiicd tlic pruco-s ,.! moral ami ph> sical Lk-jriu-rati. .11. C'crtain thini:>« arc rc.pii^itc to iKninal, lu'altli> luin^' aii>! the lu-rli'ct n1 tlu-iii UKMU^ M.cial !ti>^ aii'l iilliniatf >()ciai unrka'jc. TlicTf i> ah^oiuic pruof oasilv JiscoviTal'lc 1" ^h'.u iliai .mc rini'l-'vers haw paid .1 waL'c that \va- not a liviui.' wairc ami that ;h(\- appt-art-tl quite ijiditTcrriU as !■> how the l impossible to t'et aloiit' honestlv on the MuaU salary she was re- eeiviii'.', and asked if an advance would be possi- ble, in a brutalb. in-inuatini: wa\- lie asked her a question which siiir-e-ted other wavs of aa-- nientinj tier income. A few davs later the \,.iitii' man to whom the u'ii! \vas em:ai;ed mcl tlie manager ..n tlie street and qaotin'j the reque-* and answer above referred to, in order to have Its aeeuracN veritied, pounded the face of the one who insulted a modest youni: L'irl so that for a ueek tlie mana^-er was. as the > tun^' man said ■■lai/1 off for repair^."' The 'jirl was admittevl •., b.' -•theien' and the -alarx .vas admitted 'o be Rfii^ious kniial and Sue ml li^ttfrnirnt -'* insuflicicnt, \ft the linn could iro on pilin;: up its profit >, iiiakm^' tlio already ricii propriftor> richer, while clerks could be left to live ii !'_•- centh ill order Id dress deceiul\'. Where employers" hearts arc untouched by llie principles of the Cios['cl, rcf(jrms thai threaten financial interests, are made excecdinv,'ly difficult. Much education is still needed to brini: about a sense of our joint social respf)nsibilities whi'h will result in the sympathetic treatment of tli who in niaiu cases are maintaining us in i n: comfort and luxurv. J nui >u iii' I i,:rj!tnrnt (ifiiuine reli^'ious re\l\,il will also i.anvc j-eopic "f means to see thai moiiey which llie\ ha\i' placed in the hantis nf avrerits or conipanies. in in- vested in ways tha? will brini,' no di -.-dit to th<- cause of Christ. leiH'rance a^ lo this may inean that people who sa;., " I.ord. Lord." are'iiackin.' tinar.ciali} ihc enemies of their professed Lord. .An inilitference to an\!hinu' but the interest on fheii iii\estment has been found ai,'ain and a -ain i'-. •!>.<• l:\'e-. of prominent CIl^!^Iian workers. One of tlie vilcs! dens of vice in a we fem mining: town was owned b> a woman teachin'^r a bible elass two thousand miles Eastward. She was deli>.'hied with the fifteen per cent on her money which the ai:ent forwarded re^rularU . and iKit haviuLT enquired as to how her capital was inxcstcd, die did not knou that the ,e\enii • ■^0 RfliRious krvva! and Soria! Brttrrm--nt w a s lV ic reni •:■! liiiiulrcJs of vMuiiL' men am! WMirn-n wt-r? bcom- int' a menace nn^ralh- atul phv^icall;.- '> anv community in which ihey mi^'ht re-ule. In another instance, a superin»emienl of a city Sabbath School had over fort\- thou-^and dnllars iti\( ted in a bookstore on the shelves of which were books so obscene and immoral that no man (.f -encv could narrate iheir contents even to ai icncc of men onl\ . and thc\- liave since bten put on the proscribed lists "f British and AnKMcan countries. ^<. is amazingly sad how man\ pc'jde can rc- iist their cfinvictions when income is affecte 1. H\ a selfish process of reasoning, black becomes ^'rey and ^;ey bec(jmes white, until the most outra^'eous crimes aeainst society are committed with an uniiisturbed and untroubled conscience. We never can expect to render our pospel attractive if the world sees that we are the children of ^'reed. Does the personnel of the church impress the world as phyine the eame. np the life.' Do our deeds tallv with our seek- thr as living ttie Utt profession, or arc we playint; a .iual i"ie 1\ in^: to live the higher life on Sutulav and lower life on week da\ s? Henrv Drumm.ond used to say that what the church needed uas not so much more members as a better brand of members. There was sonic point to the remark of a WrMi minister who at the time of the great revival wa> a>ked if it had rcac hci nis :hu re 11. ^"es.■' wa^ the rep .Wf . RelinV'Us Hrir.al (ind S>'i ;,;/ Hrfrn ; I [iiit "Dill vdu haw main- adiiitiuii^r " "N^i. ;!iank the I.ord \\v haii -omc suhrractiua-. '' '■Tlu- people that are with thee arc too mair.. " was Jehovah's iiiessaL'c to (livleoii; an J uh>"; 'there had been ehniinateti troiti the Israehti>h arm}' over thirty-one thoiis;uKi timid and earele^^ men. (lideon's band of three liiindred with ( lod. v. as invincible. -til abk .1, ttie -'-em- Aiid :r;'//; (j'-'cJ man i' inuh' impos>ible thinu<. If our -o-called i'hri^^ tianit\' seems tosome lackiiiir in \i:alit y an.l power it is beea\ise as cmic has said we have substituted " churehianity " for Christ lanit}-. and oriraiM/n- lions, instead of Christ, lia\'e become the centra! titrure. W here\-er it ha^ in-eii uiven a fair te^t, C'hii^- ti.mity has sliown itself able to redeem all t\-pes of human failure arid to re>tore lost order. I)ur- ini: a j^'reat contro\'ers\- the lati' (u :eral William Booth uas a>ked by a reporter. "Cieneral. i.io \()u tliink Christian it \' IS fdaN'ed out With that characteristic liall-snarl which at time^ he u-ed so etTcctively. the ereat leader in -ocial better- ment replied. " l'la\'ed out.' youn^' man, C hri — li.init}- liasn't been pla;.'ed in yet." 'I'hroujh his work ffir the masses in the ereat cities, tie became actjuainled with such lieart-rendini: conditions as are pictured in his /;: l),i>ki-<; I: ngland ana tlu- fi a-: (Ju:. and he knew that man\- who profcssetl Christianity, possessed little of it. !n\('stiL'ati' ot the ^ame .ippalliiiL' condition.-. W ho can look ai some cit\ kriiiii'r.i ' k- II (i>u! >'( ut't Ih- Mock;- v. ilhiuit fcoliiiL' tlu- criR-h\ of tlu' thinj l-uallv \\u'\ '\\:\\-v l)c<.'n buiit h> men lives that inu>l be li\fd where fresh aii' aiu! sunsiiiiie were walled (•ut. Sueh coiiditi' !i-, with other in\'olved. handicap;, recall Charh:- K.ini,'sle> "s terrible iairjuaire, that -.onie c ildren are '"dam tied from llieir birtli.'" Iliimanlv speakine. the\ are o heavih handicappeii in the race ot life that their fate i -etlled before the\ start. Th. Clanr 'h- Hull Nor i- s iciai t)e'.tc; incnt ser\ ;cc for tiie poor onl\-. Tile rich have \ er\ special claims on us. Ruskin has pointed ^ ut hou the tendency is to la\ish all our resources and all our -xinpalhtes ciHin the degraded and from the human \-iewpoint. :lu- uort!lle.s^. But we listen to one ot A'cst London'^ world-kiiou II wr)rkers, as he pleads the leed.s of tlie (.ccupants e)f the houses beautiful, lie savsof hisown cit\-, which i> probabl} truei>f nian\- others, "The wealthiest cia>ses of our ;■' ciet\ are at the present moment the moy 111 ix-acliinL' tilt- \vfahli\ asses ihr"H^':i n' li^'ious ic-\i\al. ■••■'■ ^t t .u'lca material rcsouixc !'rec f(ir -"cial hrtlfriiiciit. Main" cunsccratc-w people ufH cquippr-i to help the masses ar- unable lo gi\e suc;i a--iMa!icr hecaii-^c the\- af'- without tiuancia! riMK.ixo-.. The man of wealth. ina\- lia\f the pri'. ilere cf -en-hiiL' wilhn/ feet uf :-arrct -i..i!~ ami into -jlo^'uv l)asrmeiit> where .. ■. laetieal i;iii!i-tr\ ma^ tdl mueli in comnuMnp l-etteniRiit. A -eorr I't helpful in-tituti^n^ x'uM Ih- listea. an', one of which w..uhi allow iii iJle mmiev to earn for liiin human dividends th.r would enrich im for time an.; eternit\. .\i,v; he v\ ho ..er\e-~ hi- Indtiier be.-t. ( iel^ nc.-n-- r ( -< '1 t!ian ; 11 the res'. Let us ne\e[ Njiiiet that "The iinprovenien t tlie -oul i> the soul < >\ all ii;ipio\-emenl . " Th- L-o^pe! is inv!i\idual t'.r-'. m\.\ social secono \!an\- outside the eh.i.ith an- prcaehin,:; a ~oei>. I'ospel that the\- think ma_\ be icahz-d. arar: from personal eonver>ion: but no ma't-: ho/ ( i;tluisia.sticall> it m:i\- be p-iiie about, ihi.- coi. -truction of a nol>h' -o;i>-i«.- is impossible apar from noble peop.K , \ l'. 'iui' Spencer write we "cannot iMi:,_ L'oldeti ..'iiduct out o' leath' instincts." I'aul sav> the cospel is the power of ( lod unt' -ahation. N'ou 'iiat word -alvat'on i- iioi 4 Rt'lv^iou.i k' j> II ■rii-rijl llicil U . ;, -aiiita: ■ iutHliiiL'-- 'A'liilJ I't.' t!ir -alvation d tlic ina^^c.s. ' I he \vf)rti a^ I'aul uses it i> biirtrcr tliaii any <>[ x\\': liiikcriiiu' liiiU- ^cheino that many im'-i devote their time to. I'or while ■social service imi'^f »f lite. \-eT liriii'/ aimiit reforms \:\ man' ^ha-es o _. , \\r >1(. not a:Ki ca-uiol sa\e ihv masses merely h) :ill leacliiriL' them iiabits of cleanliness. | meajis lei iis preach a social Christianity -that is a C'hri -tianil V tiial can he applie i to s< cial conditions, a C'lirisiianiiv thai deals .viih proper housini: and clothim.' and proper civic conditions; hut we mnst nevvf fail to reali/.'- that tlie disease In these e.xternal true t!iat if .1 man" • IS ileeiHT than can he rt ai remeddes, and it is ordinaril tieart is cleansed, and he i:- pro\-idrd with new an-l tipliftinu' friendships, he will ■ >"'\ brjin to clean up his hou ■(•. That ha~ heen tin- e\; erience ot e\ei\ ( 'lirist iar. \\orkcr .imi'iii: the m.asse'-. If the L'ospel is preached in its tuiness it caiiiio' 'ail to impress people with its all emhiacim: re- toiius. It is int<'nded to permeate all depart- ments iif lite. cleansiiiL' and swceteninir ever\ relatioiisl'.ij^ and manifest lU'j >ts power m the h' >m- as well as in !t;e church. I ncidenl;dl\'. the Lros}M' iif Jesu . (.'Ipi • ■ ,'.,',d !'(.r the real cstati. man an.i \la!i\ a man has heen content for the hiiiki'-i ill his pn' er'N an. utiti! tin Ospc hroii'..'!i an eiii it hi'.K-nt ol life \\hich meant clean-T ^hoULdils and lii'.rher amhitions. With Christ m ; I ,s-,ce witiiin i he ehi.i!\ii mai-.e the ir.i^lakt.- I'l thinkini! liiat [''ersonal -.^nwr i'lii :■ the tinal end. I he di\orce ot personal L'hri-tiati- i;;. .uid social C'hri-tianity is not of C"ilri^t. We nuisi seek the re(.Mii>t met K m of -ocietx' in every d.ejiartmenl ot lite up'ui a (."hri>t;an basis, n heie- ever iliat ha.> not alreai.l\ been done. "As \\\ bather hath sc-iit Me e. -, •: t . -cm,'. 1 ■<.!!." \va-. de- eoinniission of the .Ma-OT to liis ilisciples; and that eominissirm has in it a _t:lori<')tis sonu' of iree- doiii. "What a wide- aT.vi ijicUi.-.ive einaneipa- tion" ;a\ s jowett, i^ enntained in that passa^^e. "He hath sent ine to pre.e.h the ■gospel ro the poor, to heal the broken hearted, to j-reaeh deliverance tf) tlie capti\'es, and recovcrin'^' of -i^hl to the blind, to set at Idx-rty thein that are bruised aiul •o proclaim the acceptable \ear of the Ix^rd."" Social Service to be of [permanent uplift, must ha\'e detinitc evaiiurelistic wilues, and I'Aaneelism must express it>ell in Social Service, d'n separate the one from the other will brim; irreparable !os.->. Nor must evaiiLrelism be contined to individuals ah 'lie; to do so i^ to place a Lrrie\' purpose and function. On the Mthe:' hand, kiii:j_i(ju: k' v.liai M- iciM!\i .1' I "iiimuiiil;. ciTot: nui-i n"t bt- (■;irri<\l nn uii!i(Mii ;fi:arJ. \<) the in i;-. ulu..!. 'I'lir :ihii>. idiUil aiii \\\'- u ■iiuminity dxc \n\r-:- (.Irrciulc'iit. 'Ilu- C'hiirvli doulnlf^^ has cri-auvi :i jiiNtiiial'lc pnju i'ui' ■ >\\ ; h/ j'.irt of sdtne hrcaii-'' Aw M-ciiu-i lackiiiL' ill (.■M'hu^iasni towai-J I'oin- n:uniiy wcltarr. Oik- wriicr tc'iU ui a man uh" -lood ai^art from church wtirk for vcar^. h.ii wh" oil ^ceiiu; a pro'jiaiii that nirant an in'rr('>i in '-orial welfare, sai'i. "'I ha\'e aine writer tells of a social M'r\'iee nieevnj 'n a I niteJ Slates town. \ leadii J -.^eiali-i eriMc was present. Knowin'/ !;i- attituvle lo the etuireh. '\\<- au iii-nce was aina/ed to hear liini decl.ire, "'if \ oa church nn'n tea'K ni ■ ■.', ,o take uj-> thi- [iro'.,'rai!i. I will l'o wit !i \ oil td the (.'iid ot the road. Some 'ime aijo. the writer was conducuni; a meeiiiiL' in a ilieatre, an>l illusiratcd what the ehurcli ua^ doint' in applied C'hri>tiaiiity tf)r the need:> cf jre.-;t citie'^ and ihe classes that hereto- fore had l make saints in lul!." '-r as '(-yp--:-' Sinitli said in C'hicaeii, it i--, '"bcinu' cnntfiit id sint; hyinn-^ within the u'lfW of stained-t'las-; windows with hellish coiiditions uiuduckt-d outride." \\ c or- ^'aiiizc ri'sciK' missinns to reach the down- uid-oiit men and while we arc reaching the few. the con dilions under which such people live and work, are wreckini: the man\-. ^'et e\en wiihm the church il is ottcn unpopular to hght ortjanized vice. In a n<.-\\ western town when a preacher launched fortli in rebuke of a colonv of vie. .i prominent church member ■•tepped up to him a" the close (jf the scr\-icc and. shakimr his fist in hi- face, .said, "D - \oii, if you don't leave the^e people alone, v. e will make it so hc^t for \'ou that \ou will have to eet our of this place within twentv-four hours. We do business with these people and our bread and butter is in it." Such men as that are ipiite willinu- for the church to act the part of the Ciood Samaritan. Hut re- ligious revival f(;r them must not '^o to i!ie root cause of social miser\- and suflerintr if that wiil in any way disturb their rinancial interests. For all time there will probably be need for the Ciood Samaritan ty(^e of eflort. but sureU' we cannot fail to see ihc need of cleaniifj up the liiirhway that is infested with robbers. If we so fail, then social service may bcc>me an effort to heal the -ores of ua-rini.' humani"' without A'-. '> A'/--;. ,;, cnui Sn :,t! Hrt'r )»],'V sioppinu the war. \\<- arc L'<>in.: to urrr nn-ii uiiich is iiitiih lirtirr ttia; to r,\:ru,- ttu-in. II I'. W arJ. tells ol a Ica.lcr in anotluT cl;iircli ■J'^\v^■! ;<> a iiiiiiisttT who wa. tik'htiiiL' \ici' in his neigh- iH.ihocd and saving'. "Stick to your job of preach- ing' I he L'o~['iK"' and that \-cr\ week a dauchlor <'f (lie ot tluir ov.n families was ruinc-d in oni- ' ■\ till hon-rs tlu- ininisttT had bt-cii si'rkinp to sii) (■r<-.vs. \\f must not be conti-tit to attack soii;d e\ \U rncrcl) w iili sermons an>i rescue homes. I he f.il!(,uin^' item recentU" appeared in a panij'hlei issued b\ the Inteiiiational Reform liiiri'an : I he Stale which had the t'reatest ai,d most numerous reviwnls durint: two years, madi' the worst record of a:.} in the subsequent 'emperance \oti' <,f its IcL'islature. If that bell does not rintr loud i ough to briii'j pastors and e\ani:elists together for earnest conference on how to chans^e all that, till- more recent change of eights thousand voles to the bad in a cit\- election after the greatest modern re\i\al, should sIkjw that something is needed for Ixntering nuiral conditions besides the evange- list's faithful attacks on drink and gambling and impurit}' as personal \ ices. Re[ia,ious RevKoi and Si,i io' lif'tf-rvrni ;<) There nuist he a nias>iiitr of i!h> reliirious force-^ sf) that united attack ma\- be made on the umier- Kiiit: cau>es which pnjtiuce such destruction. A waitress who served tlie writer durinir a conference -f reli^'ioU'. workers in a Western town, told of her own experience in earning hei livelihood aiid a part of her statement i,'iven in her exact word^ follows: "I worked in — 'a lar^'e departmental store) for nearly two years. I know a lot of the ^irls there are bad, but they do not ^el enouu'h pay to live decently. .\I\ waees were three dollars and fifty cents a week for a lf)nt,' time. .\Iy next position was at ■ (a well-known liry L'oods firm). When they L'ave me piece work I could make fair waives; but as soon as you make good wai;es, the prices are cut down. 'I'hen I went as waitress in the — — .Apartments. I was put in a dingy, dirty little room in the basement or collar right next to the coal-bin. The people I waited on were decent or 1 would not have stayed; but really life was so unpleasant that if it had not been for my belief in a hereafter. I would have taken to a very different life. How would you like to room in a cellar with blue mould on the walls and things in your room.^ Than I came west. I started working at the Hotel over on Street. I was dismissed because I would not live a fast life. But realh-. sir, nobody seems to ire very much about us — there are a good many more ready to pull you down than to help you up." A',, ,. , A-, ,..' .i::J S ., IJ nnu-nr.-n The iiiciJcnl i> l>pical ffllow-worker. can- not aecoini^h'^h what an air'/rc^'atc of iiidividualb i;ia\-. V'>r when huinan beini."^ tncr^'e tojrether Ml a L'ldiip, there is something.' iiitinitelv larger and more etii.-ctive ihati the same number of people working' alont; individual hne>;. In a t!i!> ' parti-. fitf, ami fVfii these hrnui^lu no toucli nt lielit into till' ;.'l<''i\eJ a frirndl)' -.wr i ' )mi- iiicht I saw three yniinir men in the \r^Miiii!e '>t the - church and I a-;ketl if I could be >how;i 'o a :.cat. Without sayini: a woril." one ot them jerked his thumb over his shoulder in ttic direc- tion of the aisle and thai was ihe neare.t approadi to Iricndliness 1 was sliown. .\Ian\ a >iand.iy nighl I ha\e ^'one down the street to i:i> louci;. iCHjni with my eyes tilled with tears. Iji:hte i uindovvs everywhere, l)ut not one home into which I had been asked or teh tree to >,'o. ' To the I'residenl fti the or>jaiii/.ation abovi- mentioned she spoke lier irratitude for ihe kindl\ interest that had briirlitened her pathway and eicen her new heart in her new place of abode; and, in turn, she /ined the forces for doin>,' lor sucli an ork.'.ini/.alu/U -hould be led to understand thai the interest taken is a permanent and practical tliin^:. \\ here injustice is suffered, the oruanizatic)n should seek •.actfully U) brink! its rcmedvini; influence to bear. l"or initance, one girl reported that m the cloak- making department in which she worki i. tin- foreman was making life wretched for some i\i . : ;^:iiUj Ac //,',•, of the v'irl-' It there wa- re ^ciitmcii! •.\c' ]-.' ^ a['pr()achcs, it meant disiiii-^al. Ihc ^.'ciiera! inana^:cr «.l the i)u>me-.-, \va-> be- ll<\cJ t,, l)c t.jiirteoiis and rea>()nable, arui after liill aiui larcUiI uatherinj; of llie facts, the iii- t-rmatinn vva'- j.'ivcn if) two pr-.iniiiciil Christian t.iti/.en^ wli.) v\ere at lln- head of influential bodies. I hese rentleineii called upon the inanairer and ^.vii;^' tull particulars but wilhholdinL' name>, assured him that if necessary, affidavit-, wtnild be furnished, but tfiat for obvious reasons the com- plainants ','reatly desired that their names sh(HiId i!Ot lie di'-i.l^'cd. After kindly conference, it was arrecd that the general manatjer should send a letter to departmental mana>;ers and foremen iliHiU^hout the establishmeiir. ^taiin^' that \v!iile fie had the fullest conhdence in ino^t of his asso- ciates, yet certain complaints had reached him and he trusted there would be no further occasion t<;r such a letter as he was then sending'. The delej,'ati(jn was asked to report aj^'ain if the letter divi no' brin^ about the desired effect. For- tunate!}-, the conditions were chan^'ed immediate- 1} and a letter was sent llie ^'eneral manager ..ssiiriiit: hini of the deep >;ralilude and sincere api^rcci tion of the complainants and wishing hini the success such interest in his einplovees deserved. While it is a litt!. outside llie purpose of tli',., narration yet in view of what has been written It is only fair to sa\- that many manager> and fore Rfhfir.us kfir.al and Sociaf HfH^mur' 4^ lull arc all that (.uiiKl Ik' dcsircJ iti ihcir ciiu- •^idcratioii of worki-r^ \ ilt-parlmcnt Miaiiai,'cr rcceiitl\' assured us tha' the standard ua'^'c thn>iii;hout \\U firm's !nati> branches, was arnpl>- sutlicicnl for thf needs of the clerks and thai an individual must be ad- \ancfed in salary if capable. As a mana;;cr he was oblipcd to make hii department pay but not at the expense of insutficienth remunciated assistant-. "If we kimw an\' i:irl to be careles- as to character, we deal as kindly with her as possible ami reliable fcllow-W(jrk(T> arc asked to cct her into helpful association^. When a clerk is sick, al! necessary care is furnished, anvl ad ii- liona! financial assistance is >;iven for at least a lew w cek- "' In another ^tore where a customer had brcomo .■ted the man to uet hi^ meals elsewhere a< tlie\ tlioU',;ht too much of their employees to ask 'h'-!n ^' wait oil m<'!i ol h;^ t\ pe .s, .s. r I, l.rw'iu-s In ani'tlicr town, tollowiny a religious revival, a number cjf men fiirmed themselves into an ■ 'reani/ation known as "The Ounmunity Better- ment League."' I'dr \ ears there had been toier- ■14 Hr 111- 1'/ u r Rr. i-lc to do riudit, and harder to do wrc'iiL'. \\ ilhout undue publicit\', the local situation uas considered and discussed. One or two tact 'ill men were appointed to interview the law-breakers. Quietly and wisei\ they talked o\'r the lei,'al and uK.ral aspects of the case with ihc>e law-breakint' fellow-citi/.cns. They ap- pealed ;o them on the grounds of good citi/en^hip and patriotism and explained that the\ felt it l.ettcr to be abo'/e board iti telling' them that the ori.'ani/.atioti the>' repre-^ented meant bu.--iness an 1 ■hat the town niu-~t be cleared a^ tar as jiossibli' • f tho-^e thiifjs that were injurious to its eood name. Without ain threatening'. the\' inforittid iheni that tlie\ had absolute proof of illegal act< .iiid that the\ earnesil)' desired the assurance that such acts wtjuld be discontinued. The in- terview was elTcctive. ()ri.iinaril\' such a course will bimu' about th(,' desired reform but wh.ere there is open dchance or a refusal to listen to reasonable appeals, then the law should be \ii:orou>l\ enforced. It is no .i!i.'umeiit against such [procedure to say that ; eople cannot be made t:o()d by legislation. 1 here can be no effective d.enial of th- fact that a L'oipd law well enforced make- e\il dani^erous and ReligKjus Reiival and Social Ba.yrinnr 45 uiipiotitablf, and ihu.^ the cunimunity is made morally safer. It is a poor type of evangelism that is indifTeroiit to the presence of civic abominaiions. 'I'd he deeply moved b\ a religious revival is onl\ of permanent value as the emotions arc translated into deeds. In still another town, a different type of effort was productive of great helpfulness. Christiin people planned to give certain rescued men a chance to get a home property of tlicii own. Here is how it worked out in one life. The man in question had lived a godless, reck- less life for tiftee- years. An indulged passion for alcohol had ruined all his prospects and made his ilwelling a place of wretchedness for the entire family, flow fearful had been the nighth' home- coming to children and mother for man\- a \ ear. When a religious re\ival was brought about, an impression was inade on this whiske\ -soaked man. 'lo (jiie who took a kindly interest iti him, he tearfulh- confessed his own helplessness and his longintr to have things different. His burden of sin was laid at the foot of the Cross. New friendsiiips were provided, a position was procured and in a few weeks there was a marked change internalh and e.xrernally. .After conferring with the regenerated man, a small house with enough garden to occup\ use- fully many leisure hours, was procured. An agree- tneiit was drawn up giving the man the pri\ilege of pa\ing so much a motith partl> as ititerest on the nione\ ad\anced and partly as j'avnient on 4^ Rfliiiiaus RevK'd! and Sociul P-''-in I >•; the princip;.!!. In case cif ^-ickIle-^ or enforccJ. idleness there would be no danger of !o;s of pa\ - incnts, and rent day would no lon^'er hriivj tlir "il^ I'f ejectif)n. The sense fif ownership brou;^'lu the keenest interest and enthu-iasm iittfi the man's life. Half-liolida) s and evenings were devoted to the improvement of the propert\ and v.itii genuine pride he would point out what had been done and what was contemplated. No charitv had been dispensed — the man had only been helped to help himself. 'Ilie self-respect which he had lon^' since UiSl was n-tored. and he ha> now taken a worth\ [dace in the communit\ ^ life. The faniiU . uhich gave ever> promise of br- cominp a burden on society, i'^ n')w a valuable asset, every one of the seven rncndicrs brinein'j credit to the home and town. The simple answer of the mother revealed much of what had taken place when a former employer called to see if she could d'.> a day's washing, "joe d'^esn't like me to take in washini: now" wa> the response uttered in a tone of hund^le pride. Dnce. through lone weary days she had been left to strugK'le on as best she could with a brutal husband that added to her burdens until with bod\ and heart alike well nigh broken, she had been dragged down to an indifference as tn the cleaidiness or tidiness ot herself, her children or her abode. Then gladly she had confessed her jnirpose to live tlie new life her husband had chosen, and soon with soul and bodv alike rested, she joined Religious Rtvital and Sofia' Hrt'erm.-nt 47 in ihc transformation of tlic home. It was flic new sense of the responsibility of man f^r man brought about by a rcliijions rc\ival that wronL'ht the social betterment in that communitv. " i^'ar ye one another's burdens and so fultill thr law of Christ," had been heard and heeded. The Care of the Body Zealous men sometimes advise the church \" keep clear of anvthinc that is not '•dcfinirel'. spiritual" and so they wnuld leave the care of the human bodv to other or^'anizations. Vet onlv those who have heard the voice of the One who taujrht His followers the infinite value of the bodv, can realize its possibilities as the temple of the Holy Cihost. If it is no concern to us what is the phvsical CDndition of those about us, we are certainly not following the example of Him whom we call Nlaster. Look at the poor emaciated toilers m some city attics! Sec the bloodless faces old the sad despairing eyes'. Life is for some of them an hourlv strue^'lc for bread. The body is never really fit for I'fe's task^. No wonder many succumb to evil. They arc so physically enfeebled that the power of re^' stance has almost Rone. Is it any wonder that looking upon the well- dressed, well-fed church poers, some of whom have been enriched bevond their needs, the half- starved, pcjorh-clothed, badly-housed toiler fecis Rt'Hw'U^ A''-''' <■•' (-;).■(/ S'.( ia! B'U-nrry Mttc-r.uss of sririt hccau..: ncmc <,f these r -.fc^-^- Mip Christians ^eeiii tn <.arc. •"^'iWttalk,.. tneabou, reh.Mon. there a,n a,n •• 'I hese uouK \vere spoken a fea year^ a.o u,-a student missionary by a sewinuwomar^nw \,.^^ Yr,rk imennnt houve. It was the h.si ; ;.;, ,.f „. kind that she had had lnr several yrar^. -V never reM." she continued. - m) tinkers are .,, I rroSne: l-vc never asked for a cent hut v,l,at I've ear.ud. A few vear. a^o wuh th ,,,,P of the chiKhen. 1 u-ed ,o he able to n>a c ' dollar a dav, .nd ^^.■ ..'t alon. prettv we! ,hen prices uere cut doun and \v c made -.nU •,e,v cents: then ei.htv-f^ve and -^'^v. •- now all we can make workuv. ai least (.unecn hours a dav is seventv-hve cent;. I used to sa 'It's Cod's world, lie^ runninu' tlnnes^ and u nu.st be all riuht sonulu.u :' but 1 cUm i now; ihinirs aren't ritdit." , 1hen those eves that were sunk far mto th. sockets, flashed' up-" 'he visitor as wuh voue ,ren>blin^ with minded pathos and an,-er m e .aicU "there are men uho chuckle when tluv f,nd"a new w.^ of bleedin.' a cent out c>f a starvmu ^^oman and her children. What do the churclRs care about us. except to^wear some of the tialt- paid-for thin<.'S we make." , , , i The condemnation was not alto^'Other de_ser^cd, but it is one instance out of many that nu^-ht be ^Mven showinir the eulf that has come between some jx'ople and the church. Rr/{r I'lUS Rr • Hr. 4') (t is bcyoiul all Ji^[■lltt• iba'. the straicL'ic j itiii; ill the contest against wicktHiiicss. i- in the inoiloni greal city. Here the revoUuion-; arc bred; here the faces of the po(*r are utien L'lound; here mav be found the modern Shylocks with their curbed sweatshops; here ri-^e^ the bitter cry oi the un- employed, and the wail nf the thousand'^ who receive httle more tlian st.trvaMon wages. True. some of these are more the victims of their ou n >inful folly than of the injustice of othef^, but a \asi number of these sin-mauled and povert\j marked }^cople have not had a ''square deal." .\!ui because ever\ thouphitu!. optimistic man must feel that the hope of humanity is in the salvation oi these people the Church must f.-ce her responsibility in this matter. Is it an exaggerated stc. .ment when (me saNj^. "Slaughter marks t lie course uf modern industry"? 1 low many deaths in factories, shops, and niine< have been caused h\ the per.uriousness of com- [^aiiics and other economic injustices. Only under the compulsion of the 'jovernment have some corporations L'i\cii e\en ordinary protection to their workmen. ( 'r think of the record < >f adulterated foods'. JMiiincnt phy>ician> -tate that throut'h unht food by far more babies h.ive been -lain than are thrown into the (Kiiiire--. .\ shipwreck with the '-.icritice of one tlmu^aiid. si.\ hundred, and thirtv -hve lives wa- spectacular and terribh- trai:ic a world was thrilled with he wires flashed amund the L'hibe s()rro\". w nen * ;o Rrlv.'iuu^ Rr.ra! a;ul Social liettrrmeut ,hc .lorv of the cii-ustcr. \c^ the health hulleluY ,dl u^ that in ihc- rnitrcl State. ..nc thousand. ,.^c•n hundred, and ei.'hty lives are lost every d .V hv preventable diseases, and ntany thousands a^e bearinu their burden of unnecessary pain and so are rendered unf^t for life s battle. Surelv the sacrihce of these one th.n.sand. seven hundred, ;uk1 eighty lives daily is not less tra-jic even though not as spectacular. In a Canadian citv duruv. . recent summer month, eighteen thousand, nine hundred and seventv-four pounds of n>eat anU hsh betj ofTcrcd for sale, was confiscated as absoluteh unfit for food. Milk t-. the quantity of two thousand, one hundred, and fifty quarts was also reiectcd. ^'ct the inspectors do iiot by an% ,„cans discover al! such ctTorts lo make money at tlie expense of the murder of the innocent 'rhe human bodv i^ the masterpiece of C-od s creuive power, and relieious revival oujrht to „„.an a revival of interest in (K.ds suhlimest uork To attempt to break lite up into sections and label one secular and the other sacred and to seek to perpetuate such a division is to prevent ,he answer to the praver. "Thy u.H be done . .11 c-arth as it i> in heaven. Hut the better dav i^ dawnmu. Conservation is one of this centurvV bit' words that has been applied tc.. exclusively to natural resources such .,' timber limit, and mines. P.ut of how^ httk value these natural assets would be apart from a ,ace of honest, industrious men and women. Reli'O'nis Rcviiai ard S'm'.uI Hrrirwru: ^l So earnot workers arc M'ckini: lo emphasize the value of persons. The coiiser\'ation ot orphans, of children who are well-iuirh cur^cd with parents who are incapable, mean- that such handicapped and ncKifcted ones ma> have an opportunit\- to develop into healthful, useful men and women. Homes there are in which the atmosphere is so vice-and-crime producine that the -.iTspriiiL' are rohhed of moral ideas and ideals. Care of the (Ihild In the I'niled States, two and one (juarter million children under tifteeii years of a^e are employed in various ways. There are murderous dwellings in which every member of the family ilown lo three years of age, is enlisted in work Children of three years can and do straighten out tobacco leaves and assist in the making of artificial flowers. .At four years of age, they can put covers on paper boxc>. At rive and si.x they are able to sew on button>. At eight to twelve many girls are engaecd in hnishing trousers. Sometimes the bargains for which people scramble are the product of these little oppressed lives. Medical examinatif)n has made it very plain that wherever children have been made to work during these tender \ears, they were found to be physi- cally inferior to those who were not robbed of their heritage. One who has studied child life in the ctties has written the following' pathetic linc^: Rfli'ji'iiis R. : i.ti. an J S ill III. lit-twrmt-nt Sec you not li'iu the uiM rose weeps unki^^cd. Ami how thr violets frMin ihc hill- side fade While child lip^ wither in the factory smoke, I I'.w the brook creeps away to soivj- Icss death l\ir the lost dance of child eyes hound to wlieels"' Plav is the child's hirthriu'ht. Vet only re- centlv did towns and cities be; ; t() think of adequatelv providini: for the p.ay life of the child. The social wreckaire that involves so much effort to-dav. inav be lessened by more ihouuht and work in behalf of the boys and lmtIs. and it is far better -i-- erect the fence above the precipice than to have tlte ambulance below. |')etler to savr than to rt-scuf. The citv of Chicaeo had. up to U)\i, spent thirteen m'illion dollars on playu'tounds and those who are able to speak whh authority say no better investment was ever made. In 1916 the same citv spent one million dollars for a like purpose.' Durinc that vear. three hundred aiid hftv-six thousand, t^ve hundred and forty-eight pr.'.i^le used the Seward Park croup of play- •jr< >unil 'he cost of the maintenance of tltis ..,-ou'> was iwenl\-two thousand dollars \vhich meant a co per individual Ihe \l-fistiates in the diMiicts state that the de- Rfliti^^-<-' 1^' -••''•' ^"''' •'''"' "^' /^'■■■'■^"•''"' crease in crime resultant from the Park svsteiu i^ thirtv per cent. • i i ., Relipious revival accr.mr^iniea by social better- ment in our towns and cities ouL-ht also U. mean a far-siL'hted policv of open spaces and parks; and in the meantime evervthint possible should be done to at least alleviate the conditions and to leach these children of unequal opporiumtv h.nv bv and bv to earn theirbread. and thus avoid the inefhciencv of later years, which is the cause ot so much unemployment and poverty and even of crime. , An honest community must discharge i> obligation to such children as these whose whole view of life has become through their parents sin. or throuph social injustice, perverted. Ministering to the li'hole of Life In some towns and cities cfTorts are now beintr made which seem destined more effectively to relate the church's work to the practical problems and needs of men. One report from a city in the United States tells how earnest workers are seek- ing to meet the "terribly serious situation an J 10 touch the crowds that the church had in former vears practicallv failed to reach. NIen ^ and women "are gettint: a new cMiccption o. the si,mincance of the (Jospel." Clean amusements and educational oppc^tunities are abundanilv furnished. There are manv meetinL's; but meet- ings are onlv a part of the work, and the et!ort to Ri-li'iinua Ri-Aval and Social Bfttfrmfnt tc.utli these people al every point in their hvcs, seven davs in the week is bein^ successful. Hie niiiiistrv'of mercy is to become as penetrating as sin and sorrow, so that no one shall truthfully sav, "no man careth for my soul." Such work as this, and of other organizations and institution;: is not a substitute for salvaMon hv faith in Christ, but it is an expression of this salvation as a demonstration to the world that kc are indeed His disciples. ARTIetVeRITAfll