“I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.”
--Proverbs 8:20, 21

A noted Hindoo teacher, visiting this country, once said that if he announced a lecture on “How to Get Rich,” the hall would be packed, but if he advertised one on “Self-Surrender,” he would not attract a baker’s dozen. He felt that the paramount object of the West, particularly of the United States, was to accumulate this world’s goods, irrespective of methods employed, or the uses to which these were to be put.

The belief has become almost universal, and while there may be some truth in it, there is another side which critics ought to consider in order that their criticism be just, even if it is not generous. When it is understood that this country is peopled largely with those who come here in order to escape from the limiting and crippling influence of poverty in all its phases, for it is very