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WORKINGMAN-S ALIENATION FROM THE CHURCH 629
the difficulty often is that the postulates of the workingman are
so wide of the truth that the church cannot champion them. It
is not true that men are in a prison-house and the church is
holding the key. The church may be depended upon to lead in
securing justice and truth. It must also warn the workingman
that his alienation often results from tendencies within himself
rather than within the church. The Jesus who is applauded by
the average workingman is a minimized Jesus Christ, a fictitious
person, not the Christ of the gospels.
H. Francis Perry. Englkwood Baptist Church, Chicago.
