dual to develop the above
fundamentals of prosperity,--faith, integrity, industry and brotherly
kindness--without being successful. I care not whether he is a doctor,
teacher, banker, lawyer, business man or manufacturer. That same thing
is true of groups and of nations. It is fundamental law, "Whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also reap." Those who serve will be served;
those who knock will be knocked; those who boost will be boosted. We are
paid in the coin that we give. We are forgiven as we forgive. If we are
friendly, we will make friends.

Statistics show that the Church is the greatest factor in the worldly
success of men, groups and nations. Some readers may have seen a book
written by Professor Carver of Harvard entitled, "The Religion Worth
Having." In that book the author discusses the various denominations of
Christianity. Then he says most conclusively that the religion worth
having, the religion that will survive, is the religion which produces
the most. Yet this production will not come by seeking production _per
se_, but rather by the development of these fundamental characteristics
which have been described.

Try as you will you cannot separate the factor of religion from economic
development. In the work conducted by my Organization at Wellesley Hills
we study the trend of religious interest as closely as we do the
condition of the banks or the supply of and demand for commodities.
Statistics of church membership form one of the best barometers of
business conditions. We have these figures charted back for the past
fifty years. Whenever this line of religious interest turns downward and
reaches a low level, history shows that it is time to prepare for a
reaction and depression in business conditions. Every great panic we
have ever had has been foreshadowed by a general decline in observance
of religious principles. On the other hand, when the line of religious
interest begins to climb and the nation turns again to the simple mode
of living laid by in the Bible, then it is time to make ready for a
period of business prosperity.

XI

THE FUTURE CHURCH

The time is coming when the Church will awake to its great
opportunities. The greatest industry in America but the
most backward and inefficiently operated, is still in the
stage-coach class.

Of course the Church is very far from developed. The Church is in the
same position to-day as were the water-powers fifty years a