Part 3 (1/2)

The large black areas on the adjoining chart are for, Crops, Clearings, In Trade, Money, Failures, Cos, Stock Prices and Politics in order to give a composite view of business in the United States (When Interstate Cos of all United States railroads became available, January, 1909, this record was substituted in place of the earnings of ten representative roads which had been used previous to that tiures were also introduced, in August, 1912)

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The line X-Y represents the country's net gain or growth Based on the economic theory that ”action and reaction are equal when the two factors of time and intensity are multiplied to form an area,” the sums of the areas above and below said line X-Yperiods of tih subjects are included, properly weighed and combined An area of prosperity is always followed by an area of depression; an area of depression in turn is always followed by an area of prosperity The areas, however, need not have the same shapes

It will be seen that each area is divided into halves by a narrohite line This is to emphasize the fact that the first halves of areas below the X-Y line are really reactions froance, inefficiency and corruption which existed during the latter half of the preceding ”prosperity” area Contrariwise, the first halves of areas above the X-Y line are really reactions fro the hard tih points of the stock market have come in the early part of the prosperity areas and the low points have co of the depression areas In 1914 the war held down prices of all securities The highest prices of bonds have usually coh money rates, and lowest bond prices at about the end of the prosperity areas

But what causes these fluctuations in business and prices? Statistics show that panics are caused by spiritual causes, rather than financial, and that prosperity is the result of righteousness rather than of s Hence, the importance to industry and commerce of the forces already mentioned These spiritual forces are the true fundamentals of prosperity This in turn leads us to consider from where they come and upon e are to depend for their further developive the answer

What are the sources of these fundarity, industry, cooperation and interest in the soul of man upon which civilization is based?

As already explained, we do not get it from the raw et it from education From a statistical point of view Germany is the best educated country in the world It has the least illiteracy It has the largest percentage of scientific culture No, these three fundamentals do not come from education They do not come fro pages the investigation wecaptains of industry in Areatest industries in this country Out of this group of men, only ten per cent

inherited their business, while only fifteen per cent received special education This shows that the source of these qualities is froand even slaving to lay up property for our children, when statistics clearly show that theto be If statistics de, they demonstrate that the less money we leave our children the better off they will be; not only spiritually and physically, but also financially

When it coive our children an education and to send our children to college Yet statistics show that only a sraduates

The success of individuals, the success of communities, the success of nations, depends on these fundarity, faith, industry, brotherly kindness and an interest in the soul of reat fundamental qualities? _Statistics show clearly that e theion of our forefathers Moreover, I say this not as a churchroup of bankers or a group of engineers I was first brought into the Church through the Christian Endeavour Society, but I was really converted to the Bible teachings through a study of statistics

To religion e our civilization and to the Church e our religion All there is in the world to-day that is worth while coroups actuated by, these fundarity, faith, industry, brotherly love and those other factors which coh God The Church to-day deserves the credit for keeping these factors before the world Hence, it is evident that the people of America have not the bankers to thank for their security and prosperity, but rather the preachers and the churches To these rowth and development

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WHERE THE CHURCH FALLS DOWN

Becoht, cooperate with one another, have faith, serve, trust the Alhty for the results, and you will never have to worry about property ”If you will do these things, all of the others will be given to you”

There are two groups of people who criticize the Church First, there are those who claio to church because it is allied with the property interests of the community I believe that to be the fundae workers, labour leaders, socialists and radicals are not interested in the Church They believe that the Church is too closely allied with property I have been severely criticizedthe Church as a defender of property and as ayour home, your business and your securities safer Such critics are perfectly conscientious and the Church suffers much because those people, in their love for huroup are those defenders of property who look upon the Church as iht for theuseless to try to follow during the week Thosethe Ser what they say is ”i both of these groups stand off alone Neither of theanization in America It is the Church which has created America, which has developed our schools, which has created our homes, which has built our cities, which has developed our industries, which hasthat is worth while in America

Yet to-day, the Church is the most discarded industry of all, because it has not the cooperation of either of the above groups,--the radical group which claims to be interested only in huroup which frankly says that it is primarily interested in property and not hu this question Instead we should face it squarely and answer both of these criticisms My answer is as follows:

Jesus was not interested in property, _per se_ There is no question but that Jesus had no interest in property These things which look so is, fields, crops, foreign trade, shi+ps,--it is very evident were insignificant to Jesus

When any of Jesus' disciples came to Him to settle some property question, He pushed them aside and said He was too busy to consider it

I am sure that if Jesus were here to-day, He would tell us all that we are idiots for striving so to accuer bank accounts and more automobiles Hence, when the socialist or the radical or the labour leader complains to me, I frankly admit this fact Without doubt the Church should emphasize that property _of itself_ is of no value, and the only things worth while in life are happiness and the health and the freedoht, simple life

On the other hand, and this point I wish to ehout His teachings, that if His disciples would siet saturated with His fundaht, if they would cooperate with one another, if they would have faith to serve and trust the Alhty for the results, they would never have to worry about property Property would take care of itself

Jesus emphasized, first, that they should not think of property; but He always closed His discourses by sos, all of the others will be given to you”

It is absolutely impossible for any individual to develop the above fundarity, industry and brotherly kindness--without being successful I care not whether he is a doctor, teacher, banker, lawyer, business roups and of nations It is fundamental law, ”Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap” Those who serve will be served; those who knock will be knocked; those who boost will be boosted We are paid in the coin that we give We are forgiven as we forgive If we are friendly, ill reatest factor in the worldly success of roups and nations Some readers may have seen a book written by Professor Carver of Harvard entitled, ”The Religion Worth Having” In that book the author discusses the various denominations of Christianity Then he says ion that will survive, is the religion which produces theproduction _per se_, but rather by the development of these fundamental characteristics which have been described