Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Challenge to the Church, Vol. 12: A Sermon, Preached in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York at the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, October 8, 1913
The population Of this country has leaped from fifty to one hundred millions: these millions composed Of people Of diverse tongues and races.
The wealth Of the country has massed in gigantic proportions.
Tides of migration have swept over the world's surface: the darkest Africa of 1888 is shot through with light. Wars in the East and in Eastern Europe have changed the boundaries Of nations. Japan and China, rising in their might, have tipped the balance of modern civilization towards the Pacific: and commerce through the Panama Canal will add its weight. The English language has spread throughout the world. This country is the great melt ing pot of civilizations and races.
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