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 128 FAMOUS LIVING AMERICANS movement restored the conception of the fatherhood of God, and gave expression to the longing of the whole church after Him. This enthusiastic religious devotion struck its roots into the soil of a new intellectual life. The world thrilled with the achievements of modem science, and rejoiced in unparalleled material prosperity. Old foundations crumbled, and apparent- ly impregnable superstructures of intellectual convictions tot- tered. The first results were disastrous. Crass materialism gained the ascendency. Intellectual subserviency threatened to plunge the world into intellectual barbarism. Realities be- came identified with coal and wood, and iron and steel, and cotton and wool, and food and drink. The intellect grew vig- orous on the earth level, but its wings were clipped. The very exigencies of science, however, sent the intellect circling the heavens in search of the unknown. Psychology entered the field with demonstrations of the existence of realms beyond the material. Philosophy followed its lead, and with Bergson and Eucken developed a conception of knowledge reaching into the consideration of the infinite. Sociology inquired into the origin, development and fundamental principles of modem society, and stimulated kindliness in human relationships. Pedagogy, with its emphasis upon child development, discov- ered that moral fibre was essential to character, and that only religion creates moral fibre. The spiritual awakening within the church kept pace with this spiritualization of civilization, each movement supple- menting and influencing the other. Nay, rather they consti- tute one great, unified, forward movement of the race. With this more comprehensive view of the movements of the time, one becomes aware, without argument, of the harmony of Christian Endeavor with church and world development. That harmony again marks the prophetic character of the move- ment. Service is the second watchword of Christian Endeavor. By its devotional culture the movement gave to the church young people a profound impression, a boundless enthusiasm for larger achievement. From other sources — the Sunday