The Detroit times., 1910-10-31

hOldlnR OF the Ofnce or PRESIDENT IL
was that he mad SO much trust In the
move Of things when the days were
darkest and SO much patience when
the people were most impatient.
AS often / face the perpleXins
question oLtAe-e x4steRee-ef- God and
OF future life, | find comfort and as
surance in the fact that the men who
book have helped mankind on, have be-
lieved strongest in an eternal spirit OF
love and justice and destiny that Will
satisfy. IL l, or few. on my level and
with my capacity, were the only ones
/ holding inspiring ideals, / should dis
trust myself and doubt my faith, but
when | hnd that the men / would most
IKE to resemble have believed more In
God and Immortality than l. / am forced
to think that they believe because,
from their higher level OF vision and
deed aud from their more careful
analysis OF experience, they have found
more reason for faith than l have seen.
i have respect for the honest faith OF
all, but most respect for the views Of
such men as by their deeds have en-
richod the life OF the world. As trust
the good In myself trust that what ap
pears good in others stands for as much
more OF God and truth In them than is
In me, as their wisdom ard goodness
exceeds the wisdom and goodness that
arc In me
Good Associations Give Courage.
CO.. Another thing we know Is that
IL Is within our power TO encourage or
discourage others; to turn on or of the
.
Grafton is Its discovery OF the power of
thought. OF mind over matter. a mes
sage written on the wall OF the present
b. the finger OF wisdom is Investigate
know the facts, dare believe what the
facts show" Where there is right
thinking, where there Is willingness to
follow truth, no matter where II leads
there Is surety OF raising the standard
or living. When theology wrote over
the whole face OF the universe a curse
there was dependency; but when re-
Il.
the creations of God good. and teaches
that the aim OF life IS to live according
10 the natural laws OF the universe and
or the soul, then there is freedom and a
new courage This new Interpretation
or the past and vision OF the future
VIII carry Eealth TO the sick room. Cour-
age 10 the one whose life is shut I'm by
Irivation. and hope 70 the wrongdotr
When any OF us are blinded with tears
OF broken with doubts. we feel new
Strength II we can clasp firm hand,
take hold OF strong arm Men are
taith to each other / do not know that
any one Is growing very wise about
God. the ultimate God, / mean. but
many are growing very sure about the
nobility OF human nature the power of
men 10 save one another. and that there
Is reinforcement Of the human from the
eternal No one knows whether God is
In Hull house, but there are hundreds
OF poor people In Chicago who know
that Jane Adams is there. There are
q great many in overy walk Of Ife who
have their doubts about the theories OF
theology, but they have no doubt that
IT is good for them to associate with
good men and women.
Age by age men have seen more.
clearly "A destiny that shapes our ends
rough -hew them how we will" they
have seen that there is "a current in
the anHrs OF men which. taken at the
HOOD, loads on 70 glory" Men are not
very wise in their explanation OF this
move OF things, but they have stead
lily grown stronger In their trust in IL
Looking backward they have seen that
II was the trust In this tendency toward
righteousness that brought the world
UP from darkness to the light OF today.
and the tendency grows stronger to
trust that eternal not ourselves which
makes for righteousness Power is I'm
us 70 expand to meet the opportunity
without ear by year new thoughts
OF life come I'm. We mako new adaptn-
tions TO what we find We learn az we
go on. The father cannot tell hts son
all that lie means. The son must grow
10 his opportunity himself. The lh1pos-
slblc or youth becomes tho easy OF man
hood. The dreams of'youth are little
beside the realities OF manhood.
World Has Grown GOdward.
There Is maturity OF soul even as
there Is maturing of body, and the
tendency Is toward a more complete
understanding OF the underlying truths
While the lives OF some grow out OF
their theories. the lives OF others out
grow their theories, and in the main
tho theories OF most grow out OF their
lives. Sometimes men have held theor-
les about heaven and hell. which they
have preached. but often their prac-
tees have contradicted their theories
Those called saints have been sinful
ard those called sinners have been
sanity. The world has grown Cod
ward by Gods plan. Tho most telling
arguments for religion have been men
doing good In an evil world. and being
brave IN despairihg world Some
think the world is getting away from
the church because OF changes that are
going on, but even this I do not think
IL true and I know II Is true that men
are not getting away from God and
truth and the destiny OF eternal prog
ress
So long as you find men tryIng-te-
be honest, so long as you nnd men
touched With the inflrmlties OF their
Fellow men, so long as you End the
majority OF men praying to be cheerter.
more neighb0rly. more seh-controlled.
YOU need not worry about the future OF
faith or the church. Much OF theology
and ritual IL merely ornamental We
may spare the ornaments. though we
/ love them for associations sake but
we shall never give up the Certainttes
OF love and faith for which they stood
our faith may be blind and hating but
! IL our faithfulness 20 lifes duty is
strong, no great loss shall result
One thing more is true. out beyond
us all Is the great unknown, into this
unknown men have gone and we too,
shall go We do not know. much about
IL. Creeds. one after another. have
drawn their pictures and have torn
| them up. But through all the changes
man has had an instinct OF Immortality
/ Age by age. man has believed that. the
] things known point 20 things movable
Z that the gatherings OF the years pledge
more gatherings In ages TO. come As
men have steadily tried 20 live more
nobly. they have faced the future with
an attitude more unafraid Life here
has given Visions Of what life ought to