unlike the nation it is itself an international society. In the Church,
then, we have an experiment station in which we may test the social
practicability of the Gospel. Where can we find a better oppor-
tunity to put our principles to the proof? ¹

Yet, as a matter of fact, the demonstration which the Church
might give has not yet been given. Institutional Christianity is
itself only in part Christian. The Church, like the society of which
it is a part, is the scene of compromise and limitation. Instead
of being an argument for, it is often an argument against, the prac-
ticability of the Gospel. How often we hear men saying, "I could
be a Christian if it were·not for the Church." Must this condition
of things continue? If not, what is the remedy?

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