Excerpt from The Scholar and the State: And Other Orations and Addresses
The publication in this form of the papers contained in this volume originated in a request from its publishers, and not in any proposal or suggestion of mine. I am glad of the opportunity to say this, because it gives me the further opportunity to express my indebtedness to them for a privilege which I am thankful to embrace.
There are two dangers to which religious teachers, or those holding ecclesiastical office, are liable. One of them is that of disassociating themselves from the life of the communities in which they live, and of cultivating a habit of what seems like indifferent reserve to the civic and social interests of their age and nation. The other is that of intruding themselves into such questions in such a way as seems to forget that, in its highest aspect, the Kingdom of their Master is "not of this world."
But there is surely a third alternative. A priest or minister does not cease to be a citizen. One whose supreme allegiance is spiritual may not pretend that he has no other. His office, his gifts, his learning, his experience, his counsels, such as they are, may wisely be used to serve the State as well as the Church.
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