hristian a right to be? In a Christian society what is
the minimum limit of income?

6. Would economic democracy eliminate or enforce the doctrine of
stewardship?

7. How can we pluck the sting of sin out of private property?

V. _For Special Discussion_

1. Are millionaires a symptom of social disease or a triumph of
civilization?

2. Should social science reckon with the influence of wealth on personal
character?

3. What moral conviction is expressed in the condemnation of usurious
interest and of rack-rent? Should excessive profit be included?

4. How could industry be financed if there were no wealthy investors with
accumulations?

5. When is a college student a parasite?

6. If college communities had less money would they breed better men and
women?

7. How have the successes of predatory finance affected the outlook and
morality of college students?

Chapter IX. The Social Test Of Religion

_Religion Must be Socially Efficient_

The teaching of Jesus dealt with three recalcitrant forces, which easily
escape from the control of social duty and become a clog to spiritual
progress: ambition for power and leadership, and the love of property,
have been considered. How about religion? Is it a help or a hindrance in
the progress of humanity? Opinions are very much divided today. No student
of society can neglect religion as a social force. What did Jesus think of
it?

DAILY READINGS

First Day: Worship is not Enough

What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I
have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed
beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs,
or of he-goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath
required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Bring no more
vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and
sabbath, the calling of assemblies,--I cannot away with iniquity
and the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts
my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing
them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes
from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your
hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the
evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn
to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the
fatherless, plead for