Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader - Plough

to be wielded upon the whole unrighteous nature of humanity—”aday that shall burn like an oven,” as the prophetMalachi said. And even if the judgment begins in the householdof God, I will rejoice.Even so, the Socialist movement is like a fiery sign fromheaven warning of the coming judgment. And if Christiansociety is faced with a judgment, rather than becomingproud, let it consider well what truth there is in that whichmounts the attack.Yes, greed is the root of all evil! And it puzzles me thatthis truth is not more sharply felt. The truth is that ourgeneration is perishing in its acquiring of money and its desirefor money. Today nothing stands more high and holyin our eyes than speculation about money. Even among thewealthiest, many suffer from this burden; they take part inself-serving works of charity and yet are unable to be of realhelp to the miserable. True help will be brought only by theChrist of the all-encompassing End.And now an organization arises, born out of bitterest need,and struggles toward this end, toward redemption from thisworld of money, this time of gold. And who would preventme from giving this organization a hand in the name ofChrist? Who will blame me for declaring the truth of thosepeople’s clear witness that we are on a downhill road, oftheir hope that in spite of all our present decadence we arecoming to a better time, a time in which it will truly besaid, “Peace on earth,” a time giving birth to those who un­55