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institutions as truly as to individuals. Hence 

 He organized a kingdom, that is, a new social 

 order; and that kingdom is advanced by the 

 conversion of men, but also by the gradual rais- 

 ing of ideals, by the improving of social customs, 

 by the transforming of states. 



Our Master has relations to individuals ; but 

 the race belongs to Him also, and He is influenc- 

 ing it, lifting it to better things, and slowly but 

 surely creating a new, unselfish, and redeemed 

 society. 



