The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-10-26
DETROIT A REAL UTOPIA!
GLOWING PICTURE PAINTED
BY RELIGIOUS WORKER
Community Ideal For Effort
and You Have the Men," Says
Rev. /. j. Lansing.
MORE MONDAY MEETINGS.
Interest Increases in Gatherings
in housekeeping Ad-
dresses Delivered.
MORE MONDAY MEETINGS.
Detroit, a real Utopia.

present campaign.
There is no reason" he said In
addressing gathering OF men in the
chapel OF the Central Methodist
church Wednesday morning on THE
spiritual value OF the social en-
phasis," why Detroit could not be
made Cody city, a place that might
be held up as a model for the rest
OF the world. You have the men here
TO make the transformation, as was
evidenced In the dinner in the Wayne
pavilion the other night. The COM
munity, too, is ideal for the work.
Just let the local church workers aim
at making Detroit thoroughly Chris
tian, and am sure the goal can be
reached
Mr.. Lansing made a plea for more
Joy In tn faces or Christian workers.
II was not necessary for them to go
around with long. sorrowful faces. In
religion, too much thought appeared
10 be given 10 the sorrows which
Christ bore, instead OF sharing His
joys. Spirituality didn't mean NOR
bidness
| Mr.. Lansing also pleaded for a
clean faith, fait,- not mixed with fool
| ishness. Christian Science was a
mixture OF faith and foolishness, he
said The Christian Scientists, them
selves, however, we're all right. but
their doctrine was tremendous
fraud on common sense. II was not
necessary, either, for a person to shut
himself or herself up in monastery
or like institution in order to show
real faith. An awesome solemnity
was not a mark o. faith, no indica-
ton OF spiritual life.
Social service, he said, was doing
good work for Christianity and he
hoped this phase of religious work
would increase as time went on.
Homes OF Detroit and other places
| needed transformation and social
service would help bring It about
There was too much unhappiness In
them. Some were worse than hell,
and the parents worse than jailers.
Interest Increases.
The noon meetings In the interest
Of the Men and Religion Movement
were continued, Wednesday noon, and
there were evidences OF increasing In
terest in the attention paid to the ad-
dresses and in the manner In which
the speakers were received.
Several groups OF mail carriers, en-
gagged in friendly games Of cards In
the swing" room of the postoffice.
where they gather TO pass the time
| between trips, threw down their
cards and laid aside their pipes when
IT, e. Crowther, western field secre-
tary OF the Missionary Education
movement, appeared to talk to them
cd hon
In a conversational tone and gave
some personal "reminiscences or his
boyhood life In England that COM
PEELED interest.
lie told how, when the family lard
err was bare and there was no relief
In sight. the family. consisting Of
father and mother and IL boys and
girls, would gather around the table
Just the same and repeat the TWEEN
ty-third psalm. In spite of adversely,
the fathers faith In the Lord never
wavered and somewhere. somehow,
he managed TO provide for his fam
lily.
And after a bit he managed to
get enough money together, all in
one bunch 10 buy an organ" Mr..
Crowther went on. 1t cost him $40,
big sum to use then. And every
night we'd gather around that organ
and sing religious songs We learn
ed the Messiah by heart. from cover
TO cover. | tell you, fellows, il was
great, simply great.
LET me tell you, fellows. religion
isn't a sissy sort OF business. Ii
calls for all the manhood there is
In you, and there is nothing in the
world that brings SO much happiness
into ones life"
Discusses Law Of Compensation.
The Rev. Charles G. Albertson. OF
Rochester. n. Y, was the speaker I'm
the MONDAY meeting at the Hotel
Pontchartrain, Wednesday. In the
course of his talk, he said:
We're living in wonderful age.
We have solved many problems that
yexed our fathers, problems OF pro-
duction, communication and transpor-
tation, and we're In a fair way to
solve other problems. politics and
sociology. One problem that We seem
TO be farthest from solving is the
problem OF moral power. In my hand
hold little book. II was frst writ.
ten in Greek. This Is an English YER
sion of II. II contains the secret of
moral power That secret Is ex-
pressed I'm the word surrender This
book declares that no man is so
strong as when he. yields, but he
must yield to the right authority.
That authority is none other than
Jesus Christ A child is strongest
when he yields 10 the authority OF
his parents. a pupil when he yields
TO the authority OF his teacher.
citizen when he Yields to the author
ity of the state, and the soul when II
yields 10 the great commandments OF
Jesus Christ
To YOU know why a blind man has
finer sense OF hearing than one who
sees. why a deaf man has keener
vision than one who hears. why a
man who has lost an arm has greater
strength In the remaining arm? Be
cause OF the operation OF law which
may be thus stated: Whatever is
surrendered i'm one realm is passed
over TO the credit of another. II is
the so-called law OF compensation.
Whatever you surrender in the realm
OF the physical passes over TO the
realm OF the spiritual No man ever
Welded anything TO God denied him
self anything. sacrificed anything.
who did not get back thereby more
han he gave up.