with the Church; she is fulfilling her mission; ever, as of old, will
glad welcome greet the footsteps of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace." [7]


FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 7: The word "Church" is used in the sense which each reader
chooses to attach to it. Definition in such matters leads to
dissension.]




Part III

RETRENCHMENT




CHAPTER XIV

STATE EXPENDITURE AND INCOME

_Political economy, as a branch of the science of a
statesman or legislator, proposes two distinct objects,
first, to provide plentiful revenue or subsistence for
the people or, more properly, to enable them to provide
such a revenue or subsistence for themselves, and,