(_a_) The Quest obstructed by Divine Ordinances 143-145 (_b_) And by Human Injustice and Perversity 145-151 (_c_) It is rendered hopeless by the base Origin of Human Industries 151, 152 (_d_) Yet these are capable of a nobler Motive and Mode 153-158 (_e_) So also a happier and more effective Method of Worship is open to Man; 158-160 (_f_) And a more helpful and consolatory Trust in the Divine Providence 161-164 (_g_) The Conclusion 164, 165 APPLICATION 165-186 (_a_) Devotion to Business springs from Jealous Competition: 168, 169 (_b_) It tends to form a Covetous Temper; 169-171 (_c_) To produce a Materialistic Scepticism; 171-173 (_d_) To make Worship Formal and Insincere; 173, 174 (_e_) And to take from Life its Quiet and Innocent Enjoyments 175-179 (_f_) The Correctives of this Devotion are, (1) A Sense of its Perils; 179, 180 (2) And the Conviction that it is opposed to the Will of God as expressed-- (_a_) In the Ordinances of his Providence, 180 (_b_) In the Wrongs which He permits Men to inflict upon us; 181 (_c_) But above all in the immortal Cravings which He has quickened in the Soul 182, 183 (_g_) Practical Maxims deduced from this View of the Business-Life 184-186 (1) A Maxim on Co-operation 184 (2) A Maxim on Worship 184, 185 (3) A Maxim on Trust in God 185, 186 § 4. THE THIRD SECTION: or, _The Quest in Wealth and in the Golden Mean_ 187-228 (A) _The Quest in Wealth_ 188-193 (_a_) The Man who makes Riches his Chief Good is haunted by Fears and Perplexities: 188-190 (_b_) For God has put Eternity into his heart; 190, 191 (_c_) And much that he gains only feeds Vanity; 191, 192 (_d_) Neither can he tell what it will be Good for him to have, 192 (_e_) Nor foresee what will become of his Gains 192, 193 (B) _The Quest in the Golden Mean_ 193-209 (_a_) The Method of the Man who seeks a Competence 195-199 (_b_) The Perils to which it exposes him 199-207