Is the only hope of the world to put Christ in the market-place? A writer in the London Morning Post says: “The crucial question is, How are we to evangelize economics? The world lacks some unifying principle in human life which should bring all human relationships into a divine harmony. The apparent withdrawal of the Christian churches to any claim to effective leadership in the vast issues which press upon our society, is both for the Church and the world, the most menacing factor in our predicament.”

To whom shall we look for deliverance? No political power, no class, has brought us to this crucible of misfortune and suffering. Even though we might have been debauched by an unscrupulous group, we will look in vain if we look afar for some miraculous leadership to lead us out of our tribulations. We will be disappointed if we expect that forces outside of our own communities are to bring us permanent relief. The community is the unit of the present civilization, and the community must face and solve its problems and pay its debts. In the community, character is built and leadership developed, government and society are moulded, and civilization is made. When the community fails, the nation totters. Those salient factors which make a nation great—character, loyalty, justice and righteousness—come out of the community. Citizenship, manhood, and virtue, if they are taught at all, must be taught to the individual in the community. The proper functions of government, the great purposes of industry, the responsibilities of society, and the inspiration of religion, must be developed in the community. Communities must have righteous leadership if we are to have a righteous nation.

Industry is conducted in the community. If the nation is to prosper permanently, industry must be conducted for