and no reflective Christian will lightly esteem the misfortunes inherent in a deliberate and sustained divergence of principle between the New Testament and the Statute Book. All must see how gravely the course of social development is affecting public morals.
Good citizens, as such, can combine in the effort to preserve the moral heritage of the State, and to bring to the solemn and difficult work of government all the moral forces of the nation. As a first step in such combination there is need that some agreement should be reached as to the principles at stake, the claims on either side which are irreducible, the necessary conditions of co-operation. If I have succeeded in stating the problem form the Christian point of view my purpose has been secured.
