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Excerpt from Social Ideals of a Free Church Some timid defenders of the faith are seriously anxious lest this new wave of humane sentiment shall sweep away the Old landmarks of religion, so that after them shall come the deluge. They re treat from these expressions of social service lest the sentiment of worship should be weakened thereby. In the remarkable book which Professor Rauschenbusch has published within a week, and which seems to me even more noble than his singu larly able and forcible treatise of two years ago, the author Cites the case of a Lutheran synod in one of the States of this Union, which resolved to stand fast in the Old ways. It is not the mission of the Christian Church, said this resolution, to abolish misery or to help people to earthly happiness. The mission of the Church is to preach the gospel. Let it remember the words of the Lord Jesus, If any man would come after me, let him take up his cross and follow me.' This is as calm a piece of Christian irony as I ever heard perpetrated. Con. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.