I am, honestly I say it, living at a long distance from municipal problems and the life of the poor, the degraded and the abandoned.

What would the obedience to this pledge demand of me?
I hesitate to answer.

My church is wealthy, full of well-to-do, satisfied people.

The standard of their discipleship is, I am aware, not of a nature to respond to the call of suffering or personal loss.

I say: 'I am aware.' I may be mistaken.