WC

Dedication:

ΤΟ

ALFRED WORCESTER

OF WALTHAM

WHO HAS REALIZED ONE OF BALZAC'S
NOBLEST DREAMS IN PROVING WHAT
CAN BE DONE FOR THE REDEMPTION

OF MAN BY A COUNTRY DOCTOR

INTRODUCTION

THE general purpose and scope of this volume are contained in its title The Issues of Life. In it I have tried once more to apply the principles of the Christian Religion to the physical, moral and spiritual needs of men. The Religion of Christ was given once for all, but its interpretation in the light of contemporary knowledge and its application to our spiritual life is a task which each generation must perform for itself, the accomplishment of which determines in great degree the moral power of the generations as they pass. In the Christian Religion we possess an unending source of social progress and of spiritual development, but it is plain to any man who knows life that we are not