When the wealthy, the educated thus repudiated the words of Christ, what could be expected of those whom supreme Goodness has destined to a subordinate lot?
No! material improvement was _not_ the first thing, even for those unhappy people (victims for the most part of their own improvident or vicious habits) who had scarcely bread to eat and raiment wherewith to clothe themselves.

Let them seek the kingdom of God, and these paltry, temporal things shall surely be added unto them.
This sermon was printed at the office of the _Polterham Mercury_, and distributed freely throughout the town.

He had desired no such thing, said Mr.Vialls, but the pressure of friends was irresistible.

In private, meanwhile, he spoke fiercely against the Radical candidate, and never with such acrimony as in Mrs.Mumbray's drawing-room when Serena was present.

One afternoon he stood up, tea-cup in hand, and, as his habit was, delivered a set harangue on the burning topic.
"In one respect," he urged, after many other accusations, "I consider that Mr.Quarrier is setting the very worst, the most debasing, the most demoralizing example to these working folk, whose best interests he professes to have at heart.