3. What seem now the best methods of carrying out these principles in our own community and in the world?
IV. For Special Discussion
1. Does the salvation of society seem to make the salvation of the individual unnecessary or trivial? Have you lost interest in it?
2. How should social and personal salvation connect?
3. What would a loyal religious dedication to Christ and Christianity mean to our scientific social intelligence?
4. What would it mean to the course of our life?
Footnotes
[1.]Rauschenbusch, “Prayers of the Social Awakening,” p. 15, on “The Social Meaning of the Lord's Prayer.”[2.]See the chapter on “The Tragedy of Dives” in Rauschenbusch, “Christianizing the Social Order,” p. 291.[3.]Edersheim, “Life and Times of Jesus, the Messiah,” Appendix XVII, give a detailed account of Sabbath regulations.[4.]See, for instance, Begbie, “Twice Born Men.”[5.]See Jane Addams, “A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil.”[6.]Why not give a fresh reading to the Hebrew prophets? Read them as if they had just been dug up in the East. Read them with the insight into social life developed by economic and sociological work in college. Read them with the critical social and political situations in mind. Read entire books at a sitting to absorb the spiritual valor of the prophets and their sense of God and of righteousness. George Adam Smith's “The Book of the Twelve Prophets” has fine social understanding, and gives the necessary historical background.[7.]“Christianity and the Social Crisis,” p. 415.[8.]G. J. Romanes, “Thoughts on Religion,” p. 157.