What ye want is light—indeed
Not sunlight— . . . .
. . . but God's light organized
In some high soul crowned capable to lead
The conscious people,—conscious and advised,—
For if we lift a people like mere clay
It falls the same.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
It is interesting to note that in the leading papers, both secular and religious, there is an ever-increasing disposition to appeal to the teachings of the great Prophet of Nazareth for a solution of the many vexed problems of human existence—problems which are proving themselves hopeless of solution by material means. An editorial of this class appeared recently in a Chicago daily under the title, "The Golden Rule," which urges the necessity of a higher understanding of Christ's teachings before they are applied for the betterment of the world's unhappy conditions. It says,—
