The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-25

az large; the laws 20 protect chill.
drsn, TO safeguard women, TO care
for the unfortunate and 20 treat the
criminal humAnsly; the great popu-
lar movements for the eradication Of
disease; the social service OF the
schools a. civic centers: the compre-
hensivs program for the discharge
OF the states duty to Its children.
Here are concrete things achieved.
They have not come without strug-
gle, beset by temporary reverses.
and requiring renewed effort. That 10
the history Of all progress. That 10
the law OF stable growth. IL IL one
of the blessings OF a republic that
this struggle IL imposed anew upon
each generation. Each has its own
peculiar burden TO bear, its own
especial problems to solve. shirking
which, progress 10 impeded, meeting
Eeach generation must share In the
struggle, or confess itself UNIT.
Fixed Responsibility Desired.
" Outof our gratitude this day, let
us ask to what constructive work We
may put our hands. The recent revel.
ations OF corruption demonstrate the
advantage of hxed responsibility In
public administration. OF lodging
power In bodies 30 small that dis
eliminating selection by the voter
may be possible, and SO conspicuous
that responsibility for the exercise
OF power will always be self-apparent
Much OF the lethargy with which
men have justly been accused In civic
Of Pat~ he al hxy
fact that, under present conditions,
any result attained by high.minded
civic effort Is out OF all proportion
to the labor spent. 1t is often the
mountain laborfng and producing a
mouse. With enlarging municipal
functions, II Is particularly true that
responsible. well-defned body, linn
tied numerically, is needed for effici-
ent administration.
There Is need of civic conscience
alert $50 days In the year, which.
reacting on public servants, will
drive out the sinister influence Of
special interests in the halls OF leg
islation. We all need an ever-present
realization that this republic Is ours
in trust to be transmitted to poster
ity, and that II will be either better
or worse for our influence upon 1t.
1t Is not enough that We hear the
sermon in the church and the address
upon the platform, but that We put
our beliefs into the lives We live
with our neighbors and our fellow
workers. Such contribution of self
to the upward struggle for civic bet.
terment is more effective than a con-
tribution of money. II is heart and
mind, thought and deed given to the
struggle.
Lies Opportunity.
Life is not only the opportunity
to get and TO have, but to do and to
give. The willingness to help, here
and now. In the specific thing at hand
that is the civic service needed. Then
will be developed the leaders. essen.
tial TO all progress, and whom God
raises up TO blaze the path, point the
way and lead the vanguard. Let us
be cheered by the realization that
the sovereign power OF free, in
telligent, God-fearing people Is ca
able OF meeting successfully any
emergency. Let us remember that II
our material prosperity be unrival-
led, 1t is equalled by the moral en-
ergy ever shown by the American
people.
destinations do not work them
selves. Let us all, men and women,
find our place In the general scheme,
take it, be IL humble or exalted, and
our work for truth and progress. The
present illumines the future with rosy
promise. Grateful for a past rich In
progress, for present fraught with
opportunity. let us hope that upon
the page OF eternity which men call
time, our work may have no IN.
worthy word"
Pastor Huget's Address.
The Rev. j. Percival Huget spoke
in part as follows.
When Saul of Tarsus faced the
Tthenian philosophers upon the aero
pagus he proclaimed unto them the
great message OF the presence OF God,
In Whom we live and move and have
our being
1t Is that same glorious and mighty
fact OF the presence Of God i'm His
world, and in the lives. the hopes, the
aspirations. and the heroisms OF His
children which Is central in our
thought on this Thanksgiving Day
Many years ago forgotten writer
said, Religion Is the life Of God in the
soul OF man And SO. also. civilization
is the life og God in the institutions.
the agencies, of society. And evolu-
ton is the life OF God in the seed, the
germ, the beast, and the man. And
progress Ia the life OF sef.reaizingl
God ever moving on to the ultimate
perfection.
What. then, Is this upward strug-
gle. what this determined striving.
this agoniz.ng and prevailing OF hui
manity but the insistent urgency OF
the Divine within us, the persistent
selfrealization of the spirit inhabit-
ing Spirit. II Ia God that worketh in
us both to will and to do His good
pleasure. Harry Kemp writes:
Thou hast put an upward look
In the heart or man.
1t Is this implanted upwardness for
which humanity has reason TO give
thanks. From this divine gift have
come our aspirations, our endeavors,
our accomplishments, and our VIC
tories. And II Is not alone the victory
for which We have reason to give
thanks, but for the heroic heart which
made the battle sure. We are thank.