Question

christianity and the social crisis
it used to be a fine thing to mark how life in our country increased the stature and beauty of the immigrant families... today there are large portions of the wage - earning population of which that is no longer true. they are not advancing, but receding in stamina, and bequeathing an enfeebled equipment to the next generation... the preventable decimation of the people is social murder.

• from christianity and the social crisis by walter rauschenbusch

which statement most closely matches rauschenbuschs point?
it is natural and healthy that immigrants are weakening and dying off.
immigrants today are inferior to immigrants of the past.
the circumstances in which immigrants today

Explanation:

Rauschenbusch notes that the wage - earning immigrant population is not advancing but declining in stamina and facing preventable harm. This implies that the current circumstances for immigrants are detrimental. The first option about immigrants weakening and dying off being natural is contrary to the idea of preventable harm. The second option about immigrants today being inferior has no basis in the text. The third option, though incomplete in the image, is likely correct as it aligns with the idea that the current situation for immigrants is bad.

Answer:

The third option (since the first two are incorrect based on the text's meaning and the third likely aligns with the idea of poor circumstances for immigrants as described).