The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-11-01

holding of the office OF president; Il
was that he had so much trust In the
/ move or things when the days were
darkest, and so much patience when
the people were most impatient
As often as / face the perplexing
! question OF the existence OF COD and
/ or a future life, find comfort and as
have been nobIest and by deed or
book have helped mankind on, have be-
leved strongest In an eternal spirit OF
AYE and Justice and destiny that will
win my capacity. were the only ones
holding inspiring ideals, l should dis
trust myself and doubt my faith; but
| like to resemble have believed more in
| God and Immortality than I. I am forced
to think that they believe because,
from their higher level OF vision and
deed and from their more careful
analysis OF experience, they have found
more reason for faith than have seen
l nave 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 I 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 I'm me
Good Associations Give Courage.
| (oD Another thing we know 10 that
| IL Is within our power to encourage or
discourage others: TO turn on or on the
lights. One of the gains of this gem
Grafton Is its discovery OF the power OF
| thought, OF mind over matter A mes
: sage written on the wall OF the present
D. the nnger 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
or living. When theology wrote over
the whole face of the universe a curse
there was dependency; but when re-
Iigion, seeing things as they are, calls
the creations OF God good. and teaches
that the aim OF life IL to live according
70 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 health 10 the sick room. cour-
age 20 the one whose life Is shut in by
Erivation, and hope TO the wrongdoAr.
when any or us are blinded with tears
OF broken with doubts, we feel new
strength II we can clasp a firm hand.
take hold Of a. strong arm. Men are
faith 10 each other. l 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 TO save one another. and that there
I 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
great many In every walk of life who
rave their doubts about the theories OF
theology, but they have no doubt that
IL 10 good for them TO associate with
good men and women.
Age by age men have seen more
clearly "a destiny that Ehapes our ends
rough hew them how we will" they
have seen that there is "a current In
t Hnod an ,ans. OF men which. taken at the
very wise IN their explanation OF this
move" or things, but they have stead
! ny grown stronger in their trust in II.
/ II was the trust In this tendency toward
righteousness that brought the world
! up from darkness to the light OF today,
ana the tendency grows stronger 10
trust that eternal. not ourselves, which
makes for righteousness Power Is in
US 70 expand TO meet the opportunity
of llfs co year a. OK year new thoughts
lions to what we find. We learn as we
60 on The father cannot tell his son
all that ne means. The son must grow
sible of youth becomes the 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
mere rs maturing Of body, and the
1 tendency IS toward a more complete
nnderPtanding OF the underlying truths
their theories. the lives OF others out
grow their theories, and in the main
the theories OF most grow out of their
is a. oho sometimes han men have held theor-
nave preached, but often their prac-
tees nave contradicted their theories
THOSE called saints have been sinful
sanity. The world has grown God
| ward oy Gods plan. The most telling
arguments for religion have been men
Spavs SEOd IN O an sy world and being
think the world Is getting away from
the church because OF changes that are
going on. but even this ]. do not think
10 true and l know II IL true that men
are not getting away from God and
truth and the destiny OF eternal prog
so long as you find men trying 20
pc honest. so long as you md men
touched with the inirmities OF their
fellow men, 80 long as you find the
majority, OF men praying 70 be cheerier,
more neighborly. more self-controlled,
you need not worry about the future OF
faith or the church. Much OF theology
and ritual Is merely ornamental. We
may spare the ornaments, though we
love them for associations sake. but
we shall never give up the certainties
OF love and faith for which they stood.
Our faith may be blind and hating. but
III our falthfulness to life's duty IL
strong, no great loss shall result.
One thing more IL true. Out beyond
US all IL the great unknown; into this
S gnkPGwn %sn Al have We, gone and o We too
II. 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 TO things movable,
that the gatherings OF the years pledge
more Rathc1ings In ages 10 come. As
men have steadily tried 20 live more
nobly, they Dave faced the future with
an attitude more unafraid Life here
has given vdAl tons Of what life ought to