The Detroit times., 1911-02-20


play the men foi our people, aud
for tho cities OF our God; and the
Lord 80 that which seemeth him
good samuel, 1852.
These, gJe part OF the words OF the
famous General Joab. tat nephew OF
David. addressed 10 his brother Abishai
before going Ito baltic against the
Ammonites ana their mercenaries.
IL is not the tact OF an oriental war
tbat We want 10 consider, Dut IN Wal
OF peace, one had 10 bt MAN--'Lcl
us play the men TOT our people, and
for the cities OF our Goa While the
science On killing peoptD was not 80
oN erwhchnlnsly successful ns Ia out
own time AZ was sufficiently strenuous
10 call fCith TIT rugged traits OF Viriie
! humanity, and even though the meth
eds OF bringing about the death 81
| ones cncmy was tomparAtis ely crude
! Ina ancient days by beins considered a
mtthod used by the Loid TO usher ma
ills righteousness. ~ iSasl, mat was
the popular conception among the
ancient Jews, and perhaps that rs why
We hear from certain quarters To-Day
/ that there Is such thlnB ds . right
eous WA (and, 10 add 20 the IRONY
IOi language that it ~ moro righteous
today than formerly because moro
people can be- Killed ia less time anu
/ with less pain than ever IN the ms
! tory OF mankind.
one wonders II II Is rot fact that
we have forgotten TO play the men
I Tor our people and for the cities OF our
! God 10 our ordered progress OF ac-
lCumulatiOn.' When we consider thdt
IL costs more money to make show
at preserving pcaCt noN than IL Tor
| merly aid to carry on wal, W" stop
! 10 wonder ". after al, the world u
Progressing. When we know that more
| die because OF modern neglect mod
EN- aNariCe, mOutrn ignCrarce, modern
poverty modern types OF wee. ia hiSn
and low places. than formerly uttd ~.
war We are faced with the fact that
| men OF the heroic type are more IN
] dcmard TO usher I'm righteous sys-
TEN than they were IN the days Oh
tribal feuds and wars.
W. Mast Accept responsibility.
the man OF heroic type wanted to-
day is not the hero 81 battles and wars.
THAT tyne Is slowly ana surely losing
caste. The tgntcr who draws blood
ana tears from humanity viii. IN a
| comparatively short time be the bully
| In CIVILIZATION, and finally lac VIII be
! Zslough"t on as an eNcrtseenee upon
! society IL would be interesting TO
hear The comments II our more en-
| ligntened progeny on their pretcntlous
| ancestors fancy the sons OF the
! Bloody Way" Will setk u graft their
/ lineage upon less rudoN branch and
/ tell tile nc 10 their inheritance ~ FOL
/ lowing the ways 81 peace ana bFother-
| hood.
Tne nero OF battles anc wars. whose
attack is upon "a ri bre or less ihnocent
i victim. il not what is netded. but "A
man whose attack shall be upon indi-
N,dual ara social pnliEttness wherever
+ that sp.ri. raises it's destructive power
~ t.tt ~ play the men tor our peo-
pie AMI FOR the cities OF our God. ana
tine loru do that Wnicl srenttn MN
glo,l. We may play the man Lor our
+ ,topIc and foi our ,ity in supreme
/ way 10y accepting a responsibility ana
tby hea.iug NJ ander II. as the stan
dard color-hrarcr Gears W under the
strain 81 his conspicuous pos zion,
IL there il one thing more than an =
EotEer- that puts titc manspirit 70 a
Test IL Is tgat personal authority
I NnoWl.- BY tn" word responsibility.
I III is the Lack OF this stnrc in the indi-
Vidual that makes him useless To MS
/ business associates, IL Is the CONSCIOUS
moss OF Tits sense that makes MN m
disptus able 10 his class. IL Is the lack
of MS .ense OF responsibility IN Tic
4 individual that unmans one Tor tine
J social uIlIft work 81 a social Ire, II
i ia the cunst iouspesS Of this sense ia
( slime whnn So-callCd soCtdl-Work Will
I he no .lohgcf necessary. IL Is btcauHe
/ OF thu lack Of this sense o. respoh-
: sibility la the individual. ~ the eNct-
I else OF his Devotional life, that the
imCre conspicuous evidences OF gelisiph
/ art waning IA Expression; Vt As the
lcCnscioasness, uf this religious sense
IL. everyone that VIII usneI into eAls-
I teucc upon earth the Kingdom OF Gou.
I Il is IN apparcn. fact then that re-
! sTonsib'lity makes. and INC lack OF IL
I
of "A stpsc of responsibility, | mean
not only a correct ard proper atttude
| OF mind ~ accepting Vocation nut
correct attitude of mind IN diScharS ihg
thar vocation cur vacations are not
50 mysterious as perhaps our tore p
fathers thought. The call TO go
preach" in one case nave heard OF
turned out To be Call 10 go plant,
and the mistake arose IN listening 10
the my sterious bray OF certain quad
iuped rather than in listening TO the
simple Glctatiou OF INT Note Wl'nln.
our voc'tions are not mysterious, hut
come TO US simply and directly ~ We
40 not ASSUME the attitude OF "a
stranger when tie voice speaks. Al
comparative nor ChdlanCc, bit the dis
charge II 1T becomes tht work of a
man hero. We all accept responsible
ity as individuals, but the moment We
accent them. or il. our Individual or
Isolated existence ends. we ut onCc
enter into a social Expression OF hlc.
IL is because We express our various
responsibilities Individually that VIZ
fail ami according 10 law, must ineN-
Nably TAIL
Take FOR instancc one illustration
out OF many that might be cltcd, an"
what Is true Ia business Is true Ia
scholarship, Ia play, Ia labor IN states
manship ana III III. church \ younS
nau is engaged by business house 10
be an entry clerk. His inClyidual re-
sponsibi,ity is to put into eligible and
permanent form the partiC uidr items
| that pass through lis hands His indi-
| Nidual responsibility is 80 accept these
various items of record. but ia making
/ them an item OF record, he performs a
| social act. from tn" fact that his work
must be utilitdZ by another clerk. and
| his IN, turn by another, and so on un-
I'm In" eatiro office togCe has either
directly or Indirectly cont into toucn
with The work Of every other clerk.
! such unitcd action from every tmploye
| urcdctcrminCs a career OF success Tor
( any business house. Tit entry Clel X
accepts his responsibility. az an indl :
! yidual. Ie gives expression TO 1t. or
/ DISCHARGES IL, in q social way, that is,
Tor tie hcncfit of the social order or
| which hc is a unit.
Man Qualities Hcqulred.
J 1T takes the nan qualities 60
/ measure up ~ this divine social oDlig
ton. The Individual fails and loses
( rimsel. when he gives OPPRESSION to
his work or VIC ,iu au Individual way
o. FOR a persunal end. To set monty
4 for a social purpose is che man,
I To- get Il for personal use W To Lo lost.
I 70 yet power TO- a socia. usp is Co be
"A man to get " Tor personal use is
7 to 81 lost TO bc kind that others
may be KIND H. 10 be man, TO bt kind
+ Tor sglhsn purrcsc rs TO be lost. 70
10 rClig ems after the manner OF the
I Good samaritan Is To % q man. 10 BE-
AeIgious after the manner OF the
, Erarlsec is to b. iost
The man-hcvc npcdtd TO accept anl
I To iIacnarge responsibility in our day.
i'm suCn q way that tuO individual be-
,otnes lost I'm the universal is wei
illustrated by a Rhodes scholarship
studen. who has returned from oNforG,
/ individual responsibility ia work and
"A orghIt, i'm the universal WaV When