The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-03

and find us as we try TO be good:
hunger and thirst to the heart, longing
Tor comradc ship yearnings for fellow-
snIp. seekings for love; outgoings or
life To meet the incoming OF other lives;
hungers and thirsts OF the spirit. not
| to be put into words, but to be con
stantly felt. coloring all our days IN
huencing all our nights. moving us.
changing us, urging as on. Ana tnen
OF the Imagination setting up our
Ideals. comb lining gods, building castles
dreaming dreams, defining values.
after power. drunk after pleasure-oh,
| is there any such body OF thirst any
where az the hunger and thirst which
| forever beats and surges within the
| spirit or man! Thirst OF the brute
and thirst OF the angel; thirst of the
OF earth and thirst OF heaven; thirst OF
| clay and thirst of spirit. thirst OF soul
| and thirst OF sense!
! What IL there that will satisfy as?
! oh, II goes without saying that no one
OF the lesser things will satisfy us.
| We make two mistakes. we men and
| women. In place OF this vast prophetic
| restlcssness OF our natures-for II is
| prophetic---we forget to think what II
| stands for. and to look for what lies
beyond IL Is all prophecy. II we
wanted nothing more than the grass
wants. We should be only grass. lf
we wanted nothing more than the brute
wants we should be only brute; II we
| wanted nothing more than the tenn
! poral. We should only be sons and
daughters OF time II we wanted moth
ing more than the clay. we should be
| built out or the clay. to go back again
in TIA" dust Tell me what n man thirsts
| Tor anu VIII tell YOU what he NAV
become, II he thirsts FOR love, he will
become n comrade. If he thirst for
! truth, he VIII become wise. II he thirst
! Tor goodness. h. wilt become a sain'
! II hc thirst for money. he will dry up
! and IL he thirsts for the flesh he viii
! go lower than It's last stained depth.
These things are not sufficient. they
are but prophecies. And we make the
| hrst great mistak" Of our lives when
We say: II | can only satisfy myself
! without any relation To that which IL
all means. | shall be happy. II Will he
possible here To analyze that which Is
| deepest. most complex, and most In
| significant in all our modern life:
Here is man who il money mad.
! ! wonder what it means? II never
/ means for moment that lie was meant
In be satisfied with money. II means
here Ia America. for tho most part, that
| he ~ man or great capacity. That |
! he has got all sorts OF energy: that he !
| Is restless that he sees visions. that |
he comprehcnds opportunities; that he
Graves power; that he wants To express
| and discover himself, every one or 7
them rightful and blessed thing
every one OF them thing which God
meant him tn do. Ills mistake comes !
when he centers 70 all on thing which !
never can hc big enough or great
enough TO satisfy him If only we
could realize all the power OF America |
| Just centered on mere money making /
and turn il To the use Of cities and /
| states how soon tho kingdom OF God |
would come II only we could take |
| this uncontrollablo energy which has |
transformed continent and set II out !
| TO make the kingdom OF God. how tho |
glory of tho kingdom Of God would !
| Hit as against our skies,
Multitudes Of forms Of our restless
ness are simply the inadequate EXPIRES !
| sion OF powers. and hungerings and |
| thirstings which ought 10 find a great !
and God-like expression. We must !
/ q In n 1.a1
change. to begin with. our whole |
thought about the whole matter. These |
powers whose voices are hunger and |
thirst were not given TO us To enrich |
ourselves. All this is not a great |
altar CD for the very richness Of God |
to pour into our selfish and impover- |
ished souls and there To he swallowed !
up. III we see rsthing beyond. IL there |
IS no altar upon which our questions |
are 10 be laid. no causes which conse
crate. no service which hallows. then !
all the vast capacity OF human unfold |
ing. for which the tragedy and the |
splendor of human thirst are the ex
accursed capacity of seltshness. to |
swallow up everything and give back |
TO be parched in it's own thirst, and 10
burn in its own fires. That is the |
reason we do not need any rest. That |
Is the reason our mis- rected lives
reason there is no more satisfaction on
the other side the sea than there Is
VI AillSs ANU YOU tdnUOl pursue nap
piness any faster I'm your automobile
than you could with your horse II is
because we have got tho thing all
turned around and We arc trying to
sa tisfy thirst to sacrament and service
by making the message OF 10 selfish
ness we single out some little lesser
that.
on. the pity of IL, That so great a
power should ind so tragic an issue
That man should let all his life go
out for drugs or drink. or the appetite
OF the brute. That a man should let
all his life go out in the lower and
should be so satisfied with the super
ncial and the passing and that little
pleasures. and little idle Injuries should |
be the answer OF God,-or the answer
at least, which we seek. for II is not
Gods answer--to the immense yearn-
ings.. the prophetic warnings OF our
spirits.
1t is all that sort OF thing which
Jesus Christ stands ready to change
Oh, what task was that God-llkc.
nothing less than the divine could do
IL. Can you see the picture? The tree
less landscape. under u blazing Assy-
rian sun? The low gray-w walled VII
lage out there with It's square houses
That woman with her dark face and
her oriental Rarb, and tho weary AMI
dust-stained man VINO sat there and
talked with her? Ali. bat there In
whore the divine met the human need.
ana then and there Jesus christ chal-
leHged the foes ~ the human spirit !
and undertook 10 work miracle. COM
pared with which all the lesser mir
acles are only the dust in tho balance /
What Is ID to feed I'VE thouSand when
YOU can feed men forever with the
bread or NE What is IL to oner Ia
some wonderful way a cup OF water !
when You can unseal the springs OF !
eternity.
And Jesus Christ did lust that There /
began then and there, let us hope. the !
marvellous reversal ~ personality !
Those who came To him found him.
and find still that their thirst q
uuenched. that their restlessness Is
soothed that their hunger IL fed and
their lives are blessed. How does he
10 ~? I have been trying TO toll YOU
for almost four years how he does a.
7 can't tclU you this morning. hut I |
know that he docs I know that " |
comes To us with new definitions OF