In the consciousness of this mission we then analyzed
our present social order. We found that large portions of
it have been so deeply affected by the spirit of Christianity
that they have become fortifications of liberty and agencies
to express good will toward all and to secure the common
good. On the other hand, we found that the economic
organization of society, while affected by Christian motives
through personal channels, has not yet been christianized
in its fundamental relations and methods, and that this
is the cause of our misery and the source of the evil influ-
ences which are paralyzing and contaminating the regener-
ate parts of our social life. ¹

It remains now to inquire how a Christian economic
order should be constituted, and by what methods our
present order can be changed into one that will be Chris-
tian in its very constitution. "There is an order for human
affairs which is the best. That order is necessarily not the
one which now exists. If it were, why should we wish to
change the present? But it is the order which ought to
exist in order to produce the greatest possible welfare of
mankind. God knows it and wills it. It is for man to
discover and establish it." ²

I can imagine the sad smile on the lips of the wise as they
watch one more bark hoisting purple sails and laying its
course for Utopia.

"A thousand creeds and battle cries,
A thousand warring social schemes,
A thousand new moralities,
And twenty thousand thousand dreams." ³

Let them smile. I would rather meet God in a dream than
not meet him at all. I would rather join in the Exodus and

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