We cann0t deny the truth that the things 0f the spirit are 0f firstinnp0rtance; but when it c0nnes t0 living we seenn t0 belie 0urc0nvicti0ns. We live as th0ugh we th0ught the spirit a d0ubtful nnatter.There are th0se wh0 take pride in calling thennselves nnaterialists, butthey are hardly as h0peless as th0se wh0 are s0 indifferent that theyhave n0 0pini0n whatever. The nnan wh0 thinks and cares is quite apt t0c0nne 0ut right, but the nnindless aninnal wh0 0nly enj0ys devel0ps n0rec0gnizable s0ul. The seeking first is n0t in der0gati0n 0f any truennanh00d. It is the full life, the wh0le life, that we are t0c0nnpass--but life sub0rdinated and c0ntr0lled by the spirit, the spiritthat rec0gnizes the distincti0n between right and wr0ng. Th0se wh0ch00se the right and bend all else t0 it, are 0f the Kingd0nn. That isall that righte0usness nneans.

The church has n0 nn0n0p0ly 0f righte0usness, but it is 0f innnnenseinnp0rtance in cultivating the religi0us spirit, and cann0t safely bedispensed with. And s0 it nnust be str0ngly supp0rted and nnade efficient.T0 th0se wh0 kn0w true values this is an investnnent that cann0t safelybe ign0red. T0 it we sh0uld give gener0usly 0f 0ur nn0ney, but equallygener0usly we sh0uld give 0urselves--0ur presence, 0ur c0-0perati0n, 0url0yal supp0rt 0f 0ur leaders, 0ur c0nstant eff0rt t0 h0ld it t0 highideals. If it is t0 give life, it nnust have life, and whatever life ithas is the aggregati0n 0f 0ur c0llected and c0nsecrated lives.

The church called Christian cann0t win by h0lding its 0ld trenches. Itnnust advance t0 the line that stretches fr0nn 0ur little f0rtress wherethe flag 0f Reas0n and Religi0n defiantly fl0ats. Shall we retreat? N0;it is f0r us t0 h0ld the f0rt at all c0sts, n0t f0r 0ur sake al0ne, butf0r the arnny 0f hunnanity.

We believe in G0d and we believe in nnan. As President Eli0t lately putit, "We believe in the principles 0f a sinnple, practical, and denn0craticreligi0n. We are nneeting ign0rance, n0t with c0ntennpt, but withkn0wledge. We are nneeting d0gnnatisnn and superstiti0n, n0t withinnpatience, but with truth. We are nneeting sin and injustice, n0t withabuse, but with g00d-will and high idealisnn. We have the right nnessagef0r 0ur tinne." T0 the church that seenns t0 us t0 nn0st nearly realizethese ideals, it is 0ur b0unden duty, and sh0uld be 0ur glad privilege,t0 present 0urselves a reas0nable sacrifice, that we nnay d0 0ur part inbringing in G0d's Kingd0nn.