During this withering condemnation of himself Eldon Parr sat motionless, his face grown livid, an expression on it that continued to haunt Hodder long afterwards. An expression, indeed, which made the banker almost unrecognizable. "Go," he whispered, his hand trembling visibly as he pointed towards the door. "Go--I have had enough of this." Trinity Church BY EDWIN DAVIES SCHOONMAKER (Contemporary American poet) In vain she points her finger to the sky And sends her voice along the famous street, Admonishing how the mortal hours fleet And bidding men bethink that they must die. Tearing the coat of Christ they jostle by And ply their gambling at her very feet. "Prepare, prepare, prepare thy God to meet!" She loudly calls. They do not heed her. Why? Thou, stuffed with tithes of them that traffic here, Flesh of their flesh, and with thy spotted hand Buying and selling, fattening year by year, How darest thou rebuke this venal band? Thou mocker of the man of Galilee, Prepare to meet thy God, thou Pharisee. [Illustration: TO SUSTAIN THE BODY OF THE CHURCH, IF YOU PLEASE DENIS AUGUSTE MARIE RAFFET (_French illustrator, 1804-1860_)] [Illustration: CHRIST JOHN MOWBRAY-CLARKE (_Contemporary American sculptor_)] The Church and the Workers BY WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH (See page 346) The stratification of society is becoming more definite in our country, and the people are becoming more conscious of it. The industrial conflicts make them realize how their interests diverge from those of the commercial class. As that consciousness increases, it becomes harder for the two classes to meet in the expression of Christian faith and love--in prayer meetings, for instance. When the Christian business man is presented as a model Christian, working people are coming to look with suspicion on these samples of our Christianity. I am not justifying that, but simply stating the fact. They disapprove of the Christianity of the churches, not because it is too good, but because it is not good enough. The working people are now developing the principle and practice of solidarity, which promises to be one of the most potent ethical forces of the future, and which is essentially more Christian than the covetousness and selfishness which we regard as the indispensable basis of commerce. If this is a correct diagnosis of our condition, is it strange that the Church is unable to evangelize a class alienated from it by divergent class interests and class morality? Tainted Wealth BY JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (See page 298) Capacious is the Church's belly; Whole nations it has swallowed down, Yet no dyspepsia 'neath its gown; The Church alone, in jewels drest, Your "tainted wealth" can quite digest. The Collection BY ERNEST HOWARD CROSBY (American writer and social reformer, 1856-1907) I passed the plate in church.