Read the quote from applied christianity: moral aspects of social questions by washington gladden. “in every community there are men of goodwill, who, if they had the money, could organize [efforts] among the [poorest] classes by which many of them could be ” who are the “men of goodwill” that gladden describes?

Reformers. In this passage, “In every community there are men of goodwill, who, if they had the money, could organise [efforts] among the [poorest] classes by which many of them could be saved,” Gladden describes reformers as the men of goodwill and freewill.

the "men of goodwill" were Gladden himself n his followers called the reformers.

Gladden led the Social Gospel movement in US in the 19th century. He n his followers, called the reformers, believed political leaders should follow the will of the common people and not the special interests of wealthy Industrialists. They also raised awareness of equality for black americans.