gether to devise for them some way of deliverance commensurate with the immensity of their needs. But to resigr oneself to the present condition of things as inevitable seems to me almost as heartless as to fold our hands helplessly at s time of absolute famine. To deafen our ears to the immediate distresses of the submerged tenth may be less criminal in degree but not in kind.
To those who feel paralysed by the vastness of the problem I would say " Study General Booth's "Way Out and the adaptation of it to India which I have endeavoured to sketch in the following pages."
Here at least is a plan, perhaps not a perfect one, but still definite, tangible and immediately possible. Improve i;pon it as much as you like. Help us to remedy its defects by all means. But whatever you do, don't stand by as an indifferent spectator. Put your own individual shoulder to the wheel. Help us with your sympathy, prayers and substance to make the effort, and should failure ensue, you will at least have the satisfaction of realising that you have helped others to make an honest determined effort for dealing with a gigantic evil that involves the welfare, if not the existence of millions.