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Show Only Means of True Economic Salvation The manner of life set forth by the Master is the only means of economic salvation for the individual and the nation the only solution for the social problems of today. His high emphasis on the worth of the individual proves that the exploitation of the many for the benefit of the few is the very opposite of His teachings. Nearly 2000 years ago He gave to humanity a key which, if properly used will unlock all the doors to the finest and best that humanity can desire, and will shut out every form of tyranny and bondage. Nothing whatever that is contrary to his teachings can be right in politics and business. But how do they fare who give literal interpretation to His teachings as applied to economis men who have the vision of His way of life? They are too often treated with scorn and ridicule. But the fact that they are often so treated should not in the least deter them from their efforts to lead the people to higher and better ways of living. The whole program of the Man of Galilee has been ham-strung all the way by the influence of materialism. Every age, and the present age the worst of all, is so steeped in materialism, so tied to the flesh pots of Mammon that the people are shut out from the vision, not so much because of the acts of the Common people but because of the spiritual, moral and intellectual in-tellectual deficiences of leaders in every field of activity. |