"This is the stake of the churches in modern poverty. They are buried at times under a stream of human wreckage. They are turned aside

constantly from their more spiritual functions to "serve tables."

They have a right therefore, to inquire who is unloading this burden

of poverty and suffering upon them by underpaying, exhausting, and

maiming the people. The good Samaritan did not go after the robbers

with a shotgun, but looked after the wounded and helpless man by the

wayside. But if hundreds of good Samaritans travelling the same road

should find thousands of bruised men groaning to them, they would not

be such good Samaritans if they did not organize a vigilance committee

to stop the manufacturing of wounded men. If they did not, presumably

the asses who had to lug the wounded to the tavern would have the

wisdom to inquire into the causes of their extra work."

Walter Rauschenbusch

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