16.  The churches of Delafield believe that all matters of social concern—­work, wages, housing, health, amusement, and morals—­are part of every church’s business.  Therefore they will not cease to urge their members always to deal with these matters as Christian citizens, not merely as Christians.

17.  Every child and young person in Delafield ought to be in the day school on weekdays, and in Sunday school on Sunday.  Delafield discourages needless absence from one as much as from the other.

18.  Delafield wants the best possible teachers teaching in all her schools.  She insists on trained teachers on week days, and needs them on Sundays.  Therefore she believes that teacher-training is part of every church’s duty to Delafield.

“There’s one thing about all this that bothers me,” said J.W. when they had finished the final draft of the Every Day Doctrines, “not that it’s the only one; but some of these Doctrines stand small chance of being put into practice until the church people are willing to spend more money on such work.  It can’t be done on the present income of the churches, or by the usual money-raising methods.”

“That’s a fact,” Joe Carbrook agreed.  “I’d already made up my mind that the Carbrooks would have to dig a little deeper, and so must everybody else who cares.”

“Yes, but how to get everybody else to care; that’s the trouble,” J.W. persisted.  “Dad’s one of the stewards, you know, and they find it no easy job to collect even what the church needs now.  They have a deficit to worry with every year, almost.”

Marcia Dayne was the only other member of the “Let’s Know Delafield” group who happened to be present at this last meeting.  She had been waiting for a chance to speak.  “I’m surprised at you two,” she said.  “Don’t you know the only really workable financial way out?”

“Well, not exactly,” J.W. admitted.  “I suppose if we could only get people to care more, they would give more.  It’s a matter of letting them know the need and all that, I guess.  For instance—­”

Marcia was not ready for his “for instances.”  “John Wesley, Jr.,” she interrupted with mock severity, “as a thinker you have shone at times with a good deal more brilliance than that.  If you had said it just the other way ’round you would have been nearer right.  People will give if they care, of course, but it is even more certain that they will care if they give.  The thing we need is to show them how to give.”

Joe Carbrook broke into an incredulous laugh.  “In other words, my fair Marcia, you want Christians to give before they care what it is they are giving to, or even know about it.  Don’t you think our church will be a long time financing the Every Day Doctrines on that system?”

Joe and Marcia never hesitated to take opposite sides in a discussion, and always with good-humored frankness.  So Marcia came back promptly:  “I know you think it unreasonable,” she said, “but there’s a condition you overlook.  We became Christians long before any of us thought about studying Delafield’s needs.  And if we and all the rest of the Christians of the town had accepted our financial relation to the Kingdom and had acted on it from the start, there would always be money enough and to spare.”