religion of our
forefathers. Moreover, I say this not as a churchman. I would give the
same message if I were speaking to a group of bankers or a group of
engineers. I was first brought into the Church through the Christian
Endeavour Society, but I was really converted to the Bible teachings
through a study of statistics.

To religion we owe our civilization and to the Church we owe our
religion. All there is in the world to-day that is worth while comes
from men filled with, and from groups actuated by, these fundamentals of
integrity, faith, industry, brotherly love and those other factors which
come only through God. The Church to-day deserves the credit for keeping
these factors before the world. Hence, it is evident that the people of
America have not the bankers to thank for their security and prosperity,
but rather the preachers and the churches. To these men we are obligated
for our growth and development.

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WHERE THE CHURCH FALLS DOWN

Become saturated with Christ's principles, be clean and
upright, cooeperate with one another, have faith, serve,
trust the Almighty for the results, and you will never
have to worry about property. "If you will do these
things, all of the others will be given to you."

There are two groups of people who criticize the Church. First, there
are those who claim great love for their fellow-men, but do not go to
church because it is allied with the property interests of the
community. I believe that to be the fundamental reason why the wage
workers, labour leaders, socialists and radicals are not interested in
the Church. They believe that the Church is too closely allied with
property. I have been severely criticized myself for presenting the
Church as a defender of property and as a means of making your home,
your business and your securities safer. Such critics are perfectly
conscientious and the Church suffers much because those people, in their
love for humanity, are antagonistic to the Church.

The second group are those defenders of property who look upon the
Church as impractical; who consider the Golden Rule as something all
right for the minister to talk about on Sundays, but something useless
to try to follow during the week. Those men criticize the Church for
preaching love, for talking the Sermon on the Mount, and for being what
they say is "impractical." So the Church suffers to-day by having both
of these groups stand off alone. Neit