But it is equally in accordance with nature that the material growth precedes the moral.

Not that the work of moral reconstruction can lag far behind.

Each step in this industrial advancement of the poor should, and must, if the gain is to be permanent, be followed closely and secured by a corresponding advance in moral and intellectual character and habits.

But the moral and religious reformer should never forget that in order of time material reform comes first, and that unless proper precedence be yielded to it, the higher ends of humanity are unattainable..