JESUS' EXAMPLE FOR SUCH WORK 133 



"Is not such work as yours capable of being carried on 

 without the religious, Christian motive?" "Can not a 

 person who does not believe in Jesus Christ as the 

 world's only Saviour do such work?" I had to answer 

 that I was a poor one of whom to ask such a question 

 for I had never tried to do my work apart from religion. 

 My work I take to be the expression of the fact that I 

 believe God. I had always done it believing that it was 

 God's Will for me and I could do nothing else. I am 

 satisfied that the religious motive must be present, that 

 Jesus is the only one who can supply the continuing 

 power to carry on through all circumstances and all the 

 time. 



As followers of Him we can do what He has com- 

 manded us to do giving Him His rightful place in it, as 

 the Author and Finisher not only of our faith, but of 

 our work also, which is but the expression of that faith. 

 Many are afraid of the "Social Gospel" as they call it, 

 because it brings them so near the world, because they 

 fear the complications that are likely to arise, that they 

 will do more than the Gospel really calls for. There is 

 a real danger in this, but I think we must risk it. Far 

 better to go two miles with Him than one. There are 

 those also who are opposed to the "Social Gospel" out 

 of sheer laziness. It would break up the regularity of 

 their comfortable, ordered lives. To provide material 

 requisites to feed the hungry would rob them of time 

 for contemplation. 



There are thirty-six miracles recorded in the four 

 Gospels. Twenty-eight tell of healing disease, raising to 

 life, giving sight to the blind, feeding the hungry, cast- 

 ing out demons. Eight do not have this personal in- 



