op to
the position of tenants and agricultural laborers. Cooperation is their
way of salvation. Its effectiveness has been amply demonstrated in older
countries. It requires a strong sense of solidarity, loyalty, and good
faith to succeed. It has made so little headway in America because our
national character has not been developed in these directions. What could
the churches do to save the weaker families from social submergence by
backing cooperation and developing the moral qualities needed for it?

The strong religious life of our people might be more effective if the
churches were less divided. Their economic and human resources are partly
wasted by useless competition. Our denominational divisions are nearly all
an historical heritage, imported from Europe, and coming down from a
controversial age. Their issues all meant something vital and socially
important in the midst of the social order of that day; but in many cases
the real significance has quietly crumbled away, and they are not really
the same issues that deeply engaged our forefathers. We are all "tithing
mint, anise, and cummin," and forgetting the weighty matters, such as
social justice and Christian fraternity. Everybody is ready to acknowledge
this about every denomination except his own. We need a revaluation of our
religious issues from the point of view of the Kingdom of God. That would
bring us into harmony with the judgment of Jesus. Nothing else will.

IV

The social efficiency of religion--what call is there in that to the
college men and women of this generation? Shall they cease to worship and
pray, seek the salvation of society in ethics and sociology, and abandon
religion to stagnation? Or shall they seek a new experience of religion in
full sight of the modern world, and work by faith toward that reign of God
in which his will shall be done?

Suggestions for Thought and Discussion

I. _When the Salt Loses its Savor_

1. What is the individual to do when religion becomes a hindrance to
religion?

2. What types of revolt against inherited religion have you met in
college?

II. _Prophetic Religion Against Traditional Religion_

1. What did the prophets criticize in the religion of their day?

2. What was Jesus' test of religion?

3. Give instances in which he found religion to be a hindrance to the
highest welfare. How did religion obscure duty?

4. What was the essential cause of the clash between Jesus and the
rel