EVANGELICAL  SOCIALISTS.  II3
to  be  performed  by  almsgiving,  and  no  doubt  the  giving  of
alms  will  always  be  indispensable  in  certain  cases  ;  but  if  too
easily  attained  or  too  abundant,  alms  degrade  the  recipients,
and  if  transformed  into  an  institution,  they  encourage  idleness.
Economic  science  proves  that  it  is  not  so  easy  to  do  good.
What  is  wanted  is  to  put  the  labourer  in  the  way  of  bettering  his
condition  by  means  of  his  own  efforts,  and  with  this  object  to
multiply  those  institutions  which  raise  and  civilize  him,  such  as
working  men’s  clubs,  free  libraries,  savings  banks,  schools  for
adults  industrial  schools.  The  energy  of  philanthropists  and
Lns  taaTlirectioTs
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