. Essays and addresses . - visible re-ward, whose lives pass while the objects forwhich the) toil are still too far away to com-fort them ; the men who hold aloof from daz-zling schemes and earn the misunderstanding OF CHRISTIANITY. 51 of the crowd because they foresee remoterissues, who even oppose a seeming good be-cause a deeper evil lurks beyond—these arethe statesmen of the Kingdom of THE MACHINERY OF THE SOCIETY Such in dimmest outline is the Programmeof Christs Society. Did you know that allthis was going on in the world ? Did youknow that Christianity was such a living andpurpose
. Essays and addresses . - visible re-ward, whose lives pass while the objects forwhich the) toil are still too far away to com-fort them ; the men who hold aloof from daz-zling schemes and earn the misunderstanding OF CHRISTIANITY. 51 of the crowd because they foresee remoterissues, who even oppose a seeming good be-cause a deeper evil lurks beyond—these arethe statesmen of the Kingdom of THE MACHINERY OF THE SOCIETY Such in dimmest outline is the Programmeof Christs Society. Did you know that allthis was going on in the world ? Did youknow that Christianity was such a living andpurpose-like thing? Look back to the daywhen that Programme was given, and youwill see that it was not merely written onpaper. Watch the drama of the moral orderrise up, scene after scene, in history. Studythe social evolution of humanity, the spreadof righteousness, the amelioration of life, thefreeing of slaves, the elevation of woman, thepurification of religion, and ask what these 52 THE PROGRAMME OF CHRISTIANITY. 53 can be if not the coming of the Kingdom ofGod on earth. For it is precisely throughthe movements of nations and the Hves ofmen that this Kingdom comes. Christ mighthave done all this work Himself, with Hisown hands. But He did not. The crowningwonder of His scheme is that He entrusted itto men. It is the supreme glory of humanitythat the machinery for its redemption shouldhave
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