2 SOCIAL EVILS, AND THEIR REMEDY. 



sight of, in any publication addressed by a Christian author to 

 Christian readers. " Other foundation can no man lay, than that 

 is laid," laid by Infinite Wisdom himself "which is Christ 

 Jesus." My illustrations will extend to every class of society ; 

 from the highest to the lowest. When it is found necessary to 

 introduce the subject of political economy, I shall endeavour to 

 give what seem to me the right views of the subject ; and I shall 

 take care to show, that when political economy cannot be iden- 

 tified with Christian economy, it ought to occupy a subordinate 

 place. If it enters society as the servant of Christian principle, it 

 may be very useful as a servant ; but, if it is to teach a man to 

 walk in the counsel of the ungodly, to speak of its usefulness in 

 a Christian community is absurd. 



False principles, however taking they may be, for a while, 

 with the ignorant, or with those who are not deep thinkers, can 

 never stand for any length of time ; and as for the ungodly, we 

 know Who has told us they are " like the chaff which the wind 

 driveth away." I have undertaken this work in a spirit of prayer 

 to God for His assistance, and His blessing. Many of my readers, 

 I am sure, will unite their prayers to mine, that it may be con- 

 tinued in the same spirit. Some few may object to this address 

 from a minister of Christ to a Christian community, and say that 

 it is according to the puritanical cant of the day. I answer, that 

 such cant (if mere cant) is quite as offensive to me as to them- 

 selves ; almost as offensive as the cant of ungodliness ; but I 

 cannot forget those words of solemn warning, from One who, 

 alas, is still the despised and rejected of many men : " Whoso- 

 ever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous- 

 and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed^ 

 when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy 

 angels." 



The second number of " SOCIAL EVILS," entitled " The Lady 

 and the Lady's Maid," will be republished about the 1st of Feb- 

 ruary, 1834. 



THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY. 



No. I. THE LIFE OF WICLIF. By Charles Webb Le Bas, A.M. 



II. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE WHOLE SCHEME OF REVELA- 

 TION WITH ITSELF AND WITH HUMAN REASON. By Philip 

 Nicholas Shuttleworth, D.D. 



III., IV. LUTHER AND THE LUTHERAN REFORMATION. By 

 John Scott, A.M. 



V., VI. THE LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP CRANMER. By Charles 

 Webb Le Eas. A.M. 



VII., VIII. HISTORY OF THI: REFORMED RELIGION IN FKANCB. 

 Bv Rev. Edward Smedley, M.A. In Press. 



