The only
people in whose hands money might be trusted safely were those who
presided over the Musical Banks. This tirade was followed by one not
less alarming about the growth of materialistic tendencies among the
artisans employed in the production of mechanical inventions. My father,
though his eyes had been somewhat opened by the second of the two
processions he had seen on his way to Sunch'ston, was not prepared to
find that in spite of the superficially almost universal acceptance of
the new faith, there was a powerful, and it would seem growing,
undercurrent of scepticism, with a desire to reduce his escape with my
mother to a purely natural occurence.
"It is not enough," said Hanky, "that the Sunchild should have ensured
the preparation of authoritative evidence of his supernatural character.
The evidences happily exist in overwhelming strength, but they must be
brought home to minds that as yet have stubbornly refused to receive
them. During the last five years there has been an enormous increase in
the number of those whose occupation in the manufacture of machines
inclines them to a materialistic explanation even of the most obviously
miraculous events, and the growth of this class in our midst constituted,
and still constitutes, a grave danger to the state.
"It was to meet this that the society was formed on behalf of which I
appeal fearlessly to your generosity.
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