The Bab movement in the East, the Salvation Army at home, show us this principle still operative; what a "little flock" dominated by a suitable herd-leader and swayed by love and adoration can do--and these, like Christianity itself, began as small and inconspicuous groups.

It may be that our hope for the future depends on the formation of such groups--hives of the Spirit--in which the worker of every grade, the thinker, the artist, might each have their place: obtaining from incorporation the herd-advantages of mutual protection and unity of aim, and forming nuclei to which others could adhere.
Such a small group--and I am now thinking of something quite practical, say to begin with a study-circle, or a company of like-minded friends with a definite rule of life--may not seem to the outward eye very impressive.

Regarded as a unit, it will even tend to be inferior to its best members: but it will be superior to the weakest, and with its leader will possess a dynamic character and reproductive power which he could never have exhibited alone.

It should form a compact organization, both fervent and business-like; and might take as its ideal a combination of the characteristic temper of the contemplative order, with that of active and intelligent Christianity as seen in the best type of social settlement.

This double character of inwardness and practicality seems to me to be essential to its success; and incorporation will certainly help it to be maintained.