nt is this true of
our country?

7. How can society protect itself against exploitation under present
conditions?

V. _For Special Discussion_

1. A corporation has averaged 24 per cent to its stockholders. It pays
twelve dollars a week to its ordinary workmen. Would you call this
predatory leadership? Where do you draw the line?

2. Does the salary of teachers in our country indicate that we give honor
according to service rendered?

3. How does the increasing size of business undertakings and their
importance for public welfare emphasize the ethical importance of right
leadership?

Chapter VIII. Private Property And The Common Good

_Private Property Must Serve Social Welfare_

A glance across history or a simple acquaintance with human life in any
community will show us that private property is at the same time a
necessary expression of personality and stimulator of character, and, on
the other hand, a chief outlet and fortification of selfishness. Every
reformatory effort must aim to conserve and spread the blessings of
property, and every step toward a better social order will be pugnaciously
blocked by its selfish beneficiaries.

What were Jesus' convictions about private property?

DAILY READINGS

First Day: The Rival Interest

And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the
sower went forth to sow; and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the
way side, and the birds came and devoured them: and others fell
upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and
straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:
and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they
had no root, they withered away. And others fell upon the thorns;
and the thorns grew up and choked them: and others fell upon the
good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty,
some thirty.... When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away
that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown
by the way side. And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this
is he that heareth the word, and straight-way with joy receiveth
it; yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and
when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word,
straightway he stumbleth. And he that was sown among the thorns,
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