The times., 1897-12-20
8-THE GENESIS OF CIyICs.

Civics was born OF the Latin .isis. a
citizen; or, as we would define IT, mem
Der OF civil society IL the olIen time or-
ganized society dwelt chiefly in cities
The city was a place of safety and the
dwelling place of wealth. pleasures and
political power. In modern times cities
attract tillmCrestr0neIya cente OftrdGe
and manufactures the chosen homes OF
fashion. riches and power. Hence some
would res. riot the word civics to city liir,
while others would make it the science u
the state. Good usage makes it wider
politics the order and organization of
civil society from the narTowest district
up to the srdudest empire, including local
and municipal, as well as national instttI-
tions. Here. Us in economies, the science
is modern; the facts are aS old as history
itself.
Here also the Bible is our Oldest text
book. Society began In Eden. when tie
Creator said lit is not good for man 20 he
alone and made hclpmatc for him in
the person of Eve. "the mother Of all
living This was the beginning OF the
family. the unit of society. ana of the
State. CaiI built the first city, 2 nj Ma med
it EHoct, after one of his sons. Social dis
orders and corruption rapidly followed
the increase OF population, and the growth
Of the arts and wealth. The great prot
lens, as various as vast, of social order
and social evil crowded on mankind TIE
struggle for existence OF the Individual
speedily swelled out into the larger conflict
for social life. The tOilsDme hunt Of the
solitary mar for food and shelter gave place
"a the wars Of social men for plumber md
dominican. BY degrees, through the ages,
the higher nature and needs of man AMI
society came in sight and the struggle for
life widened out into efforts for n larger
Hfe-for sosIl-life, the satisfaction . intel
lectual and spiritual needs. The predatory
strife of savage men grew into the warfare
of civilized peoples for freedom qnd po-
litical power; the dream ola golden ge ii
the past became a yearning fer a dir n+r
social order In the future.
Thus these two, economics and civics
which lay at the very threshold of human
history, the TWO sciences which are the
most concerned in mans daily existence.
swept together down the ages, enIarg-
ing with the populations, and growing with
the knowledge and refinements of the
race. The economics needs developed new
arts and industries to increase wealth, and
civic experience wrought out new ideas of
human rights and sOcialor,Ier
But here comes III tue Bible withits divine
economy and civics, Overpassine all human
science will, its clear dictum, '.nan shall
not live by bread alone. The struggle
for existence does not end In an abnnfa nee
for the eartIi-Iife, hut makes provision,
''by every word that proceedeth out of he
mouth of God for an eternal life. Not
treasures on Garth but treasures IN
heaven, is the true economy.
So also in the field or social life, the
Bible proclaims its higher aimA> Simple
liberty and equality are no: the true aims
of human society; but 'the kingdom of
| God the eternal reign of righteousness
| whose first great law is the law uf supreme
love of God; and the Iov. of our neighbor
| as ourselves.
| 4-THE CIVIC ECONOMIC BATTLE.
| This Is the economic age-the age of the
| industrial development, and above all the
/ age OF wealth prodU ctio1 and money
power. ScieEce and invention, grown 10
| height never before known, have united theil
| energies To gain the mastery over the ma
! teTial world and increase mans power
| to produce wealth. Result: The richest
| world ever kEown-wealth dominating al
] other human interests; Midas age of mil
iionatrps and their millions, controlling
| under the name and pretense OF Business