He reviewed all his own sayings on those first Sundays and tried to tax himself with utmost severity for any denial of his Master or any false presentation of his spirit; and as he went over the ground he was almost overwhelmed to think how little had been really accomplished.

This time he came before the church with the experience of nearly three weeks' hand-to-hand work among the people for whose sake he had moved out of the parsonage.

As usual an immense congregation thronged the church.
"The question has come to me lately in different forms," began Philip, "as to what is church work.

I am aware that my attitude on the question is not shared by many of the members of this church and other churches.
Nevertheless, I stand here to-day, as I have stood on these Sundays, to declare to you what in deepest humility would seem to me to be the attitude of Christ in the matter before us.
"What is a church?
It is a body of disciples professing to acknowledge Christ as Master.

What does He want such a body to do?
Whatever will most effectively make God's kingdom come on earth, and His will be done as in heaven.