repentance is a social advance.

What equivalent have college men and women for the plea of the Pharisees
that they were Abraham's children and had a pull with God?

Second Day: Expanding the Area of Obligation

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him,
saying, Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And he
said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? And
he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with
all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him,
Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. But he,
desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my
neighbor? Jesus made answer and said, A certain man was going down
from Jerusalem to Jericho; and he fell among robbers, who both
stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when
he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And in like manner a
Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on
the other side. But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came
where he was: and when he saw him, he was moved with compassion,
and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and
wine; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn,
and took care of him. And on the morrow he took out two shillings,
and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and
whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will
repay thee. Which of these three, thinkest thou, proved neighbor
unto him that fell among the robbers? And he said, He that showed
mercy on him. And Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou
likewise.--Luke 10:25-37.

A meaty story and a famous one. The lawyer found his own answer
uncomfortably simple when it was taken up in such a matter-of-fact way. It
was suddenly up to him to act on his own advice. He tried to hedge by
raising a new question: "Love my neighbor? Certainly. But who is my
neighbor?" Who is within the cordon of fraternal fellowship with me? All
men of my people and religion? Or only the good and desirable people?
Where do you draw the line? Follows the story of the Good Samaritan. "Your
neighbor? The alien and the heretic." The logic of the reply demanded that
some g