528 STUDIES, SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL chap, xxix 



St. Paul — the charity that thinketh no evil, that suffereth 

 long and is kind, that rejoiceth in the truth — not only 

 the lesser and easier charity which feeds the poor out 

 of its superfluity, an action which St. Paul does not allow 

 to be charity at all. 



To all advanced thinkers, to all earnest reformers, 

 to all humanitarians — and especially to Christians and 

 Spiritualists, I urge, that it is now time to sever 

 ourselves from these old and utterly useless methods and 

 to take higher ground. Let us unflinchingly demand 

 Social Justice, as developed in the preceding chapter. 

 This will be a work of such grandeur, of such far-reaching 

 influence, so deeply founded in Right, so absolutely 

 impregnable against the attacks of logic, or theology, or 

 expediency, that it must succeed in a not far distant 

 future. Knowing that we are striking at the very roots 

 of our social evils, that every step we take will make the 

 next step easier, let us work strenuously for the elevation 

 and permanent well-being of our fellows, and let our 

 watchword be — not Charit}^, but Justice. 



