X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL 



PEKILS. — THE CITY. 



Disproportionate growth of the city. Each of the preced- 

 ing perils, except Mormonism, enhanced in the city, and all 

 concentered there. Moral and religious influence and govern- 

 ment all weakest in the city, where they need to be strongest. 

 The West peculiarly threatened. P. 179. 



CHAPTEK XII. 



THE INFIiUENCE OF EABLY SETTLERS. 



First permanent settlers impress their character on future 

 generations. Illustrations. Character of the formative influ- 

 ences in the West. P. 195. 



CHAPTEPt XIII. 



THE EXHAUSTION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS. 



Meaning of cheap public lands, and significance of their 

 occupation. Their extent. Exhausted in fifteen or twenty 

 years. The character of the West and, hence, the future of 

 the nation to be determined by 1900. P. 203. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE ANGLO-SAXON AND THE WOKLD'S FUTURE. 



Reasons why the world's future is to be shaped by the 

 Anglo-Saxon. The United States to be the seat of his power. 

 The most marked characteristics of the Anglo-Saxon race are 

 here being emphasized, and the race schooled for the competi- 

 tion with other races, which will begin as soon as the pressure 

 of population on the means of support is felt in the United 

 States. The result of that competition. The responsibility of 

 this generation. P. 208. 



CHAPTER XV. 



MONEY AND THE KINGDOM. 



For an unparalleled opj)ortunity God has conferred on this 

 generation the power of unprecedented wealth. It is for the 

 Church to recognize the relations of the one to the other. P. 22S 



