Social Science and Biblical Morality
By Editor
REV. W. F. BLACKMAN has been appointed to the new chair of social science in the Yale Divinity School. "Social science" as a feature of a divinity school is characteristic of the wisdom of this world. The social question from a Bible standpoint is short and to the point. "By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Rom. 5:12. "Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." Ps. 62:9. When we look upon a lot of condemned prisoners, we contemplate them as on an equality, and the social question, so far as they are concerned, is a very limited one. Just so God looks upon the condemned race. To him they are all in the same condition, and his love and pity go out toward all alike. He would save them all if they would let him. The social question among those who have accepted the appointed Saviour, is likewise briefly expounded by the plain word: "Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted; but the rich, in that he is made low." James 1:9, 10. From the standpoint of Divinity, the social condition of this sinful race is not much of a science—it is solely a question of morals.