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

IL
NJ IA this Inscription: ITO an Unknown
| a." What therefore. ye worship In
| 4 5srance, this / set forth unto you
lrts ik2S.
| This sentence Is one OF the most In
j. aresttng In all religious literature us
1 t.erRnce marks the meeting time OF
h great mind with a great occasion.
the apostle; was the man pa AIn vas
he prophet OF new faith. lie mao
b cen q stin conservative Pharisee, ne
n I'D fulfilled all the requirements OF
4. )Averity and conservatism In MS persS-
L alton Of the followers OF Jesus; He
NJ sd been hurled down from his peuestnl
ki self -sufhciency into the dust OF ser
2 esement he had been strangely illt-
r. up to a new vision or a glorious
a. IN and service, which made him Will
p TO give his own life 10 bring men
81 his new faith All his intellectual
- gers. which were not common al h his
enA srgy. which was not feeble; MI ms
|St ience. which was not exhaustiple,
| n A all his tact. which never failed no
~ ought TO the service OF his EFFORTS 70
NJ IN the world TO a faith In Jesus ano
lrf eus' God--all these he brought 10
80 hens.
IeIsHe found Athens place worthy OF
" u best; he.city was AT It's hlgnest III
le ~ and thought It's acropolis was the
. Hcest object OF the age. and STOOD
- It's most perfect condition. It's tenn
1ut and affairs were beautiful In FORM
~ hious &c the perfection of porch and
~ III. the whole city lifted itself up 20
q spirit OF the acropolis. EVery"nnsIe
Xxi huty was the chief concern. men
oyhght TO be strong and women 10 DC
4 Aoutiful Ideas, like the statues In the
ne nple also were objects OF worship.
nj the market place before the Bema
! "a on Mars hill men gathered 20 hea ls
Ad discuss new ideas In temples hnu
= 1bnR streets were affairs TO gods the
pSVFers OF light and beauty, the sea ana
/ buntain. the seen and unseen, war and d
4 ace. the hundred and one gods and
II ne market and schools OF philos-
klphy met met and discussed the ma
lture ana manifestations OF the deitles
)eion ging 20 these affairs, and oeIoIe
l.he affairs the people knelt In worship
md waited the message OF the omens.
PauI's Message To Athens.
II - Il was Paul, the prophet; i ahe
Athens the beautiful, met. soul ike
hat OF paul could no. have been UNI
1oved by the beauty and spirit OF Atm
ms nor could men OF such city as
hens. long trained to listen 70 new
hilosophies, have been Indifferent 10
In s'visitati ton OF such man as Paul.
what should ne sAy7 What would
! ey bear1 His opportunity caIed LOT
best he did not un de-, ~ h,s r nss
Isronse; this IL what he said: AS
1 send by and beheld your devottons
4 ind an altar with this inscriRti 9s
Y q. We isnorantly worship, this declare
81 INTO you God that made the world
u TALL things therein, seeing that he "
"a OF heaven and earth. dwelIeth nv
a temples made with hands; neither II
10 worshiped with mems hands as
~ ugh He needeth anything, seeing He
sH.tfh to all life and breath and al
n tngs. and hath made OF one pi0 200
zee OF the earth. and hath determined
:. b, ,r times before appointed. and the
Z .nds OF their habitation. that they
" : uld seek the Lord IL happily they
x A,uRh He IL NOT far from every one or
y for in Him we live and move, ana
Se our being. even as certain OF your
m poets have said, we are also OF
. Great a. is Paurs vision of ood-that
Lord OF heaven and earth; spirit
telling not In temples made with
ads universal. giving TO all power
q 4 life: near, sought after b.. all. but
n far from every one Of Us; pass II
to discuss another theme, namely,
a. Us ..s ssts II si. i nSrsse The T nhknown
which ye fgnorantly worship, Him
eclare unto YOU"
e INTO every age has come some great
b. y. soni with with large understanding.
q q has said, II can tell you about the
you call unknown" This has never
,sel wholly an idle promise $780, nor 2 pre- e.,
heI innnite has Increased eye by age
lcientiefD and discoveries have pene-
rated further into physical mysteries
nd have given new reports or power
"a life. Age bysage, thinkers' seeking
tier the facts OF tho soul, have
arehed more carefully and intelli-
,ntiy the deep things of consciousness
I NJ theae seekers for the truth have ex-
iangad knowledge gathered from their
iffefent fields OF search. Prophet souls
ave put together these discoveries and
AVE proclaimed new Interpretation OF
Ifels facts. Our age continues the habit
~ seeking TO solve the unknown. But
lore than any other age. IL seeks to
; now the great by studying the small,
lie far.om BY studying the near, God
' studying man, Immortality BY study
IN mortality,
ncis.t ana Modern Things Compared.
we love gold az much as did the
hcIonto. but we do not seek, like the
cinmiBtn to make IL out OF nothing.
ar ofYort II 20 ind better methods, to
/, saw the existing gold out OF the rocks
here II II stored We love health as
,uch as ala the ancients, but we are
J sSSfu h not by hot plasters and fierce
redlcires OF weird lamentations, but by
Rhe eating sleeping, exercise and
lnkiur We want happiness, but we
I not looking for ft-to come down out
"a heaven ready made, but to develop
W ouHh en- obedience TO the laws OF
~. Vice and love. In other words, the
- a. az this age In TO go from the
1nb known 20 the things unknown.
he faith by which menZattompt the
1nown II built upon experiences with