Social Environuient 



ground of confidence in our conclusions a stir 

 of feeling or tingling of the blood is normal 

 and not to be deprecated. It opens new reser- 

 voirs of energy, increases our endurance, and 

 stirs all our powers. This is only one of many 

 arguments for social worship stirring feeling, 

 vivifying ideals, reviving half-forgotten convic- 

 tions, and rousing every power to fruitful action. 



Patriotism, philanthropy, and religion, serv- 

 ice of country, man, and God, draw man's 

 thoughts to the high, distant, and grand aims 

 worthy of his powers. They lift him above the 

 thought of self and the petty interests of the 

 hour. They are distinctively human exercises 

 and activities. They alone can call out his vast 

 stores of energy and make him the Titan he can 

 and should be. Without them he degenerates. 



These are but a few of the means and forces 

 which make for progress. As we hastily review 

 them, we cannot but feel encouragement and hope 

 and a deeper sense of responsibility. The possi- 

 bilities within reach are indefinitely greater than 

 our attainments. They gather power through 

 generations, and were never so great as now. 



Material wealth has never increased so rap- 

 idly as during the preceding fifty years. Yet we 



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