this? How about the portrayals of him in
art?

2. Furnish evidence that Jesus demanded sincere work. How was this
connected with the Kingdom of God in his mind?

3. Give proof that he demanded heroism of his followers as a commonplace
thing.

4. How did this temper affect his view of prayer?

III. _Christianity and Work_

1. Has Christianity ever promoted idleness? If so, what type of
Christianity was it?

2. Taken as a whole has Christianity increased the amount of work done, or
lessened it? Give historical proof.

3. Would it raise the economic efficiency of an African tribe to become
Christians? Would it raise the efficiency of the Mexican people if they
adopted a purer type of Christianity? How?

4. Where is the idler's place in the Kingdom of God?

IV. _The Reenforcement of Christianity by the Kingdom Ideal_

1. Is a call to be converted a call to enjoy spiritual peace or to exert
spiritual energy?

2. How has the idea arisen that Christianity is a "dope" to make people
contented amid wrong conditions?

3. How would the Kingdom faith give religious quality to the plain man's
job?

4. Other things being equal, has a religious man more or less fighting
energy against wrong than a non-religious man?

5. If a man passes from an individualistic to a social conception of
religion, what change will it make in moral action?

6. To what extent is the enterprise of the Kingdom of God a dynamic
expression of accepted sociological principles?

7. What is the special obligation of college men and women to the Kingdom
of God?

V. _For Special Discussion_

1. Is the Kingdom of God to be brought about by an act of God in the
future or by the work of men in the present? Does the one exclude the
other?

2. Does our social order call out the full energy and intelligence of the
working people?

3. Can an overworked and underpaid workman feel that _he is working_ for
the Kingdom of God?

4. Does the Kingdom of God necessarily involve elements of social
readjustment and change?

5. Would a predatory governing class in the past have allowed the
preaching of a social conception of the Kingdom of God?

Chapter VI. A New Age And New Standards

_As the Kingdom Comes Ethical Standards Must Advance_

Every approximation to the Reign of God in humanity demands an advance in
the social relations of men, that is, an advance in ethics. Every really
epochal advance must have it or slip back. There must be,