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But this is a speculation into which Jesus did not enter. He is especially concerned with the evolving kingdom, and here his words are explicit. Social and economic distinctions are artificial and temporary. Differences in wealth and employment are to be no hindrance to fraternity. To use the noble words of Paul, who here again seems more than all men of the first cen- tury to have reached the heart of Jesus, in the new social order " there can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free." ' SHAILER MATHEWS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

1 Gal. 3:28.