Civilized man must often go a great distance for many of the
things he needs. His wants are too diversified to be met within
the small radius of his immediate dwelling-place. As heat and
sunshine are unequally distributed over the earth, they produce
differences of climate and consequently many varieties of
vegetation. There is wheat in the temperate zones, cotton and
rubber-plants of warmer regions. Some sections are also far
poorer in useful rocks and minerals than others. Thus Holland
has no building stone. Switzerland no coal and the United
States much less sulfur than it needs. There must be a constant
interchange of productions that each nation have its needs
supplied.
Paul tells us that each man is the recipient of spiritual gifts
differing in kind and degree from that of another. But it is
all of the same spirit and all are members of one body. The
Christianity of the future will be a brotherhood; it will be
social. (Text.)
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