The Detroit times., 1910-11-21

n number OF people tooay, W"o
a. do something for the uplittipg "i h"'
!. suanity. During the past Few years
x..t amount OF literature has pen pro,
duced upon this impo.,,5" end Interest.
49, have -cad and studicd ss sss
~ hut 7 maxi, no claim TO proiV
\ lam. 1 ann not even an aha,,S,S' On the
novice picking up e,sTnity ,sm OF truth
Among the books l have reao az .,
prof Rausehenbush.s "Christlass az
4 the Social Crisis ProL "a Problem .
sas,,.r Mathews essay on the Sosl'.l y
srcachings OF Jesus; DIR: broMn ., th.
lectures on "rire Social AessasI sIo Saen's
Puinit." DR.. Washington nn n
\ aThe Church and Modern Lite, .rr,.
1Jarnak's "what is Christtanity ~
Sociaism of Jesus Dr. carr ms s'. 80,
s~rhe Christian Socialist: anu, si. hy
4 nv no means least the four GospT1sss ~ :,
Ifatthew. Mark Luke and Johh r.n
4 those sources ] have gathered ,'.1 n.
vaiuable knowledge and, IN ny - 90
sion you will observe tha, " observs
sfhst In ali this literature there az @
many divergen' opinions ~" as
exactly agree. Men differ as ~ ann
those who write on Matel ,Sssrrse VINO
shall decide? .,,s,.,ss,on
N OF this subject by giving you In' ~
n OF two extremists VIM - -
'1o The man who denies IN TOTO tne
fact that Icsus had so.lhA l'iN -, -, tn-
ofeT His claim Is that re 'o'h IN, Wis
fsyas, In social conditions tha' Ii9
b feachinr was purely ana slthpIN
iirious. that While He aid take psr
= snnaI interest in the poor ,ne .,
y fressed. the sick. the down-trc1asI- -,
N r,s.erahlc II was that lie might 4ssls.
I, them I'm getting ready for heaven ' unu
"a escape hell Ills proHrain @
.Each man must look out Tor nlS "S Sn y
soul. he must ht IL for the SKIES ="
4 he sings with much enthusiasm
"A charge 10 keep h"'''
A God To gl0rtfy'
A never-dying soul 10 saNe
And fit IL Cor the skies
He seems To forget the other verse
ITO serve the present age
My calling TO fulhii
d. may II all my powers engage
To DO my Masters Will
This class earnestly maintains thAt
4 our Lord neither taught nor PIatt. " "
anything that could he fnterprsteu 70
mean socialism Ihat ne ,n fn~reasc
Y fhe census OF heaven. lie IauEht, tnes
say that this world was wli.n.' l.i 80
y through which all mankind must pnss
.s nIIarims on their way 10 the heaNeh-
y IL Canaan And no earlier thhh the
!. twentieth century In the year or oul
Lord, 1908. the principal eanI'As" so,H
\ OF group OF eYangellsts VINO ar .lo'. a.,
(.
fhts country is 80 ,nt.-
H.'I am a stranger here, within i"ro'sh
land.
{ Amhassador 10 be OF realms beyond
the seas,
\ Tn here on business for my king
.-My home is Brighter Tar than sharon's
Eternai life and Joy throughout Its vast
domain
Nv Sovereign binds me tell how NOR
tails there may Cwell.
And that's my business for my KING
This class OF people believe that
Jesus taught that this Ite ~ propn-
z tion, the purpose OF whicn IL 10 prepare :
man for death. that the disctptihe OF
life is TO wean him from the IoHles OF
s. time and sense and to get him READY
Z for the white robes OF the celestial city
b This class of extremists believe also
B II at Jesus taught that II We are Iuiy
4 spiritually minded. We hhall nave ohIy
e n very limited aud somewhat question:
9 able interest In the thn-s OF this world.
such as art and science ana invention.
in the progress OF civilization, in poll
tics and social reforms ia business and
recreation. because these thlhBS are oi
the earth earthly
Chri.t,s Teachings MisUnderstood.
do not want YOU Ia infer that be
lieve that all who do not accept the SO
cial teacEings ut Jesus haNe thls mar,
row conception OF ms 'HNFdtN'I a'i''
v ork for. as Dr. Josiah StTOnS SAYS,
\ -Nany mans common sense would
< save Etm frUm MS logic. hut stlIi
maintain that this conception OF ti!'
~ Naza rine's mission Logically InIIoWS
misapprehCnsion of his social teach
irgs.
rne theology OF Bunyan's Pilgrims,
Progress ~ the theology oi
this extreme class. Far be IL
for rue 20 underrate the value
OF this Christian classic. II haI
ga living message Tor the pe"pIs ~
y the eighteenth century ana part of the
min, teenth century. Such motives a.
are set forth IN this great work -do not
move the intelligent people or this DAY
s. and age. We are slowly waking mp 10
the fact that Christ taught mat the
}. supreme object of living is not. a. one
puts IT, to try to escape from the city
N of Destruction and gain as soon a. pos
sible the Celestial city, bGt the supreme
object OF tho Christ taught ana CHRIST
filied man IL 10 remain IN the city OF
Destruction and do his Utmost TO save
N IL for God and humanity christ taught
the world TO pray Thy kin gdom come,
K Thy will be done. i'm earth as IL Is IN
heaven
(e) We will next take up the views
OF the opposite extremist. lie main
faiDs that Jesus was first and foremost
social rcfofmer. Ills object In coming
into this world was 10 lift up the lower
\ clexses OF Tits time from tn" wretched
condition into which they had fallen
was only hcralding social prOEran m.
and this social program contemplated
the equality of all men. relief from eco
nomicai distress and deltVeT6nCe from
'f misery and oppression OF all kinds
n growing out OF the selhsh relations %
mankind. quote the language OF a
n we'll i-bnown 30 siaiist: stripped OF ira
d diticnai theological interpretations.
which have only served to OBJ
scure its meaning. the gospel
a OF Jesus was simply workin <
mans movement In MS time Jesus
was quite like tho modern labor aEi-
'4 tator attacking On The one hand the
(. existing got crnmcut. ard on the o:her
hand the rich Being Himself work
ingnan and having for his companion
!. only men OF what Is called the prole
tarist. the burden of His prcaching z
was, Woe unto YOU that are rich
blessed are ye poor Richly endowed
With a symp1thetic nature and gifteo
81 withal with vivid maginatioin, He
4 embodied this teaching tor the mos
part i'm his ;wo great rCrsbles, which
reveal the vcIy pith Of His gospel the
parable Of the rich man ard Lazarus
aud that OF the laborers ia the vine
ysrd."
The former OF these parallels. so our
radical Socialist assumes. was n power
fill attack on the pIoperty-holJing
q classes and the defense and eNaitation
or the poor man. The final destiny OF
one being tic tormcnts OF hell and the
other of paradise. lie points out the
fact that the only sin OF Dives was that
he was rich. Tho latter OF these para =
biee he also assumed. was designed u
calls our attention to he fact that all
the ia aborerH received equal wages. IN,
one who began at the eleventh hour
was on fhe samc footing as the one