SPIRITUAL LIVING
it is. Such a law, strictly enforced, would bring all to a common level, where the only competition would be that of service, which, of course, includes enterprise, activity, intelligence, and fitness for a given use.
But what, meanwhile, shall the suffering and helpless employees do? How does the law of service or use apply? They would ask whether it is more vital to serve the public morals or to serve their families? The answer is determined by the principle already mentioned, that the common welfare is more vital than that of the individual or the family, and especially where it is the welfare of the soul.
Certainly such sufferers should at least
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