The Detroit times., 1910-11-08

Behold what manner OF love the
Father hath bestowed upon VS.. that We
should be called children OF God, and
such We are John, 3, !.
A book has iust come from the press
on The Enduring Satisfaction OF Lie.
II is a collection OF essays by ex-PTesl-
dent Eliot. OF Harvard. IL is the gar
nered wisdom ot rich experience an
old man is anxious TO make younger
men realize what he thinks are line
genuine treasures OF life. lie does not
want them 10 miss so much ana th"h
wake up when 10 Is too late.
In somewhat the same way, the old
man whose words We are studying TO
day Is anxious about tn" younger peo-
ole around rim He sees impoverished
men surrounded by amazing wealth..
" hiCh they may make their own. uo
sees IN the big city where ne llNes, rest,
less. feverish men forge ting the spring
whence. issues a stream OF enduring
"Stopr he cries. and behold what
manner OF love the Father hath be
slowed upon as Give your spirit a
chance. Survey your inheritance Let
tho glorious TACT mat VT Trr tttttttfe =
OF God rise before YOU in It's beauty and
power Let the wonder Of II all Nil
your souls -,
Whose souls? The souls OF the idle
rich and fOmforta hle2 Yes, FOR the OLD
man saws elsewhere that they are often
the really wrvtched ones. miserable and
poor and blind and naked. and don
know IT, But FOR the most part ne was
speaking 20 men. rich and poor, VITO
toll ard are weary and anxious. re
lived IA a city where extremes met. lie
was familiar with the labor guilds The
Book % Acts tells Of one not IN thls
city He himself knew the meaning or
hard labor He wanted 10 liberate pow
ers within man that Will help MIN
here and now.
shall We try TO let the wonder OF i
al road
look more inviting. The faces OF our
fears will be lightened. The chill OF
vagrant doubts Will b. dispelled
Either there IL something more than
7 have or there is nothing was one
voice OF discourage mt heard las l
eek That was only MOOD, out thlS
viii help 20 Danish such moods ne
black bat night IS flown" Just listen
to this exultant old apostle -Children
OF God. and such we are" Can't you
SEE him put his pen DOWN and say the
eve are" I'VE are" I'VE are children
OF God
Make Room For Reverence.
n we are going 20 lot this wonder
hll our souls we must make more room
FOR reverence In our lives. Before we
prayed for conquest. for the coming on
the Kingdom, before w prayed Tor FOOD
or for forgiveness. Christ told us "a
offer another petition our Father
then first OF all "Hallowed be Thy
, n
Even IN the earthly relationship, rev
erence must enter When Il IS absent
we instiuctively feel that the relation.
ship has boon crippled or inpoverlshe d
In some way. Dear old dad" heard
a young girl say She said ~ beaut-
fully. No one could have objected a.
the words She used Hc- voice was full
OF LOYALTY and affection. shall I add
full ot compassion. too? But there was
no reverence In IT, There could be none
with that father. can see the hand OF
another young girl resting upon The
noble head. snow WHITE or mr. tHtfftf
and tho gesture was full not OF love or
pride or gratitude alone. but or Ger
tain ineNabie reverence.
This summey o. PilErimaEe 80 Rugby
school WIS taken. not primarily TO sec
| Tom Browns room. or Thomas HugheH
fine statue, OF the football Held where
the first Rugby football game was
played and where fine tablet
chronicles that important event. but
primarily, 20 stand where man stood
30 years ago. and soc what he saw As
tfa soul Was stirred within him O.
tribute OF son % ti+ father In the
English language Matthew Arnold
Rugby chapel AZ through those
n oble lines thrills the note Of rev
erFnce II If in tho poem. because II
was IN the relationship All Of Thomas
Arnold's children, and. ir sense. every
hoy IN the school was hig Guild loved
him but 70 was with love that made
them catch tho breath sometimes and
bare the bead ~ the very thought OF
the great hoadmastCr
Code crildren must not forget this
We must cultivate the mood ~ rever-
cnce more IN our places 81 public wor-
ship we must lose no chance for doing
this There ought 20 DC something
which those who enter this sanctuary
should recognize as not Of mon. some
thing which should make their souls
CRY out This is none other than the
house 81 God This &C. tn" gate Of
heaven" And that something both
ultnistcr and people must help 20 bring
The portion Of tho service that prcccdes
the sermon. quite as much as the ser-
mon. must be iealously safeRua rded
The prayers ani hymns are not prelim-
inaries They stand fo~ actual spiritual
transactions This o. peculiarly tho
time when tho mirt n to BE- freed
frofn it's Distraction, and the heart
from its alterations and rcEeutmeuts
and made ready for a message. n n
the tifnc when the spirit should be re-
| freyhed with ~ new sense ~ cleansiug
when Wc grow sure again ~ God
who can free ne from The stain ~ ~e.
cent sin o. ar our public worship let
.s deepen the word of reverence. That
/ rour should have in ~ much 90 solemn
TO and lift the heart. and give 10 sur
| ease from care,
But let M. AZ children ot God. culti-
vato the reverential MOOD more widely