ilty of our will; the consolidation of evil in men of bad character
and the automatic output of lies and distortions coming from such; the
power of social pressure by which the weak are made to trip and fall; and
the pervasive satanic power of evil which purposely neutralizes the
efforts leading toward the Reign of God.

The fact that Jesus realized evil in individuals and society, that he
reckoned with it practically, and that he set himself against it with
singleness of purpose, constitutes another of his social principles. Any
view of life which blurs the fact of evil would have seemed to him an
illusion. He would have foretold failure for any policy based on it. His
great social problem was redemption from evil. Every step of approach
toward the Kingdom of God must be won by conflict.

Modern science explains evil along totally different lines, but as to the
main facts it agrees with the spiritual insight of Jesus. Psychology
recognizes that the higher desires are usually sluggish and faint, while
the animal appetites are strong and clamorous. Our will tires easily and
readily yields to social pressure. In many individuals the raw material of
character is terribly flawed by inheritance. So the young, with a maximum
of desire and a minimum of self-restraint, slip into folly, and the aging
backslide into shame. Human nature needs a strong reenforcement to rouse
it from its inherited lethargy and put it on the toilsome upward track. It
needs redemption, emancipation from slavery, a breaking of bonds.

I

Evangelism is the attack of redemptive energy in the sphere of personal
life. It comes to a man shamed by the sense of guilt and baffled by moral
failure, and rouses him to a consciousness of his high worth and eternal
destiny. It transmits the faith of the Christian Church in a loving and
gracious God who is willing to forgive and powerful to save. It teaches a
man to pray, curing his soul by affirming over and over a triumphant
faith, and throwing it open to mysterious spiritual powers which bring
joy, peace, and strength beyond himself. It sets before him a code of
moral duty to quicken and guide his conscience. It puts him inside of a
group of like-minded people who exercise social restraint and urge him on.

When all this is wisely combined, it constitutes a spiritual reenforcement
of incomparable energy. It acts like an emancipation. It gives a sense of
freedom and newness. The untrained observer sees it m