Essays on the Social Gospel

IN the year 1694, H. A. Francke was profoundly moved by the saying of the Apostle Paul: "God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." The words henceforth never lost their hold over him, but became the source and impulse of his activity. The origin of very much that has since been done in our country in the name of Christian charity may be dated from that time, and the bold confidence expressed in the Apostle's words has led to the accomplishment of projects that at one time appeared impossible