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hristian a right to be? In a Christian society what is the minimum limit of income? 6. Would economic democracy eliminate or enforce the doctrine of stewardship? 7. How can we pluck the sting of sin out of private property? V. _For Special Discussion_ 1. Are millionaires a symptom of social disease or a triumph of civilization? 2. Should social science reckon with the influence of wealth on personal character? 3. What moral conviction is expressed in the condemnation of usurious interest and of rack-rent? Should excessive profit be included? 4. How could industry be financed if there were no wealthy investors with accumulations? 5. When is a college student a parasite? 6. If college communities had less money would they breed better men and women? 7. How have the successes of predatory finance affected the outlook and morality of college students? Chapter IX. The Social Test Of Religion _Religion Must be Socially Efficient_ The teaching of Jesus dealt with three recalcitrant forces, which easily escape from the control of social duty and become a clog to spiritual progress: ambition for power and leadership, and the love of property, have been considered. How about religion? Is it a help or a hindrance in the progress of humanity? Opinions are very much divided today. No student of society can neglect religion as a social force. What did Jesus think of it? DAILY READINGS First Day: Worship is not Enough What unto me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah: I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,--I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary of bearing them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for
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