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Show I SPIRITUAL REDEMPTION DEPENDS ON . ECONOMIC REDEMPTION The plan and purpose of the great Creator is not only the restoration of fallen humanity, but is just as much for the setting up and functioning of a perfect social order. Speaking of the earth life we will say that it will be utterly impossible to attain to the perfect spiritual life without first attaining to the perfect social order of living. And we are about as far from that as we can be. Men believe that conditions will go on as they are. If they do it will be impossible to make further spiritual progress, because the spiritual does not fit in with the present material set up. Where shall we look for the perfect social order? For ourselves, we know ! But to convince others, there's the rub. The perfect system will never have soup kitchens and bread lines. Depressions, crises, poverty, exploitation, war and strife will be done away with. Men, women and children chil-dren will have the right to live in a world where the power and privilege of money has been abolished, where honest work, devotion, merit and talent alone can buy the honors. Under that perfect order a man would be thought dangerously danger-ously insane if he sought to make money and fortune out of the spoiled blood of his country's boys. None would exploit, none hurt or destroy. As himself each would love his neighbor and the good of each would be the aim of all. Let us all dedicate our lives to bringing in that glad day. |