ABSTRACT
Every genuine impulse which moves people to work out a good for themselves and their kith, freeing them out of bondage into the service which is freedom, risks an evolution itself beset with hazards. One of the beliefs at the root of the impulse which expressed itself in the Settlement movement was the belief that the Holy Ghost is not conditioned by stations in life. We were taught this by the Annunciation and Incarnation, but we have often forgotten it. Indeed, in practice, it is seldom remembered, even in the Christian Church. The Church's activity in furthering the Labor Movement has been very slight. The cultivation of personal holiness has been the chief aim of the Church, and can never cease to be a great part of her care. The cause of the Church's weakness in dealing with social needs seems to be found on the one hand in lack of imagination and on the other in worldliness.
