In that action his wife fully concurred.

And the members of Calvary Church, coming in that Sunday morning, were astonished at the message of their pastor as he spoke to them from the standpoint of modern Christ.
"I said a month ago that the age in which we live demands a simpler, less extravagant style of living.

I did not mean by that to condemn the beauties of art or the marvels of science or the products of civilization.

I merely emphasized what I believe is a mighty but neglected truth in our modern civilization--that if we would win men to Christ we must adopt more of his spirit of simple and consecrated self-denial.

I wish it to be distinctly understood as I go on that I do not condemn any man simply because he is rich or lives in a luxurious house, enjoying every comfort of modern civilization, every delicacy of the season, and all physical desires.