The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-10
|0ONDAY SERVICES
\ WELL ATTENDED
Nv. A. H. Barr Speaks on "lncom'
plete Human Lives" in Opera
House.

The Lenten services In the Detroit
rDera house. Monday noon, were Ia
t&arRe OF the Rev. A. ii. Barr, pastor
"a the Jefferson-ave. Presbyterian
<hurch. and we're wellattended. The
|ooic OF DIR. Bars address was, In
complete human lives" He said:
"One of the most notable advances
"a the past century in human thought
the advance I'm our way OF looking
~ the subnormal and defective. In
1<ead OF making fun OF their defects
Ne are trying to help them TO over
<ome them. The present attitude Is
one OF hopefulness, and wonderful
[hings are being accomplished In the
(reatment of unfortunates.
Is brought face TO face
With the problem of the defective, the
/ defective spiritually, the defective in
. Dersonality, ! IMMORAL customs and
/ habits. Not only are individuals de-
<ective and subnormal from this point
f of view, but there are communities,
titles. that are spiritually defective.
1.-The defects OF the spirit are made
complete by contract with the right
sort Of personality. II is through
Jesus Christ that we find the ultimate
reality, the one infinite personality,
/ God himself.
.sThe way to come in contact with
This personality may be explained In
the words that have served for cen
turtles, grace and faith. Grace is the
|downstopping of the infinite, tender,
brooding love of God. Faith is the
upturned face, the hand uplifted, the
doors flung open to the infinite.
Through faith and grace men can
come in contact with the infinite ca
.Dacity for completeness and fill out
their defects into perfection"
The services, Tuesday, will be in
charge OF Rev. David II. Cooper, OF
/. The Grand River-ave. Baptist church.
A quiet MONDAY Lenten service was
held, Monday, in the Church of Our
Father, opening a Holy week series
10 be held In this church every day
< nt noon and every afternoon, at 5
o'clock, in the First Unitarian church.
The service began at 1905 o'clock
with a short organ prelude, followed
By q congregational hymn and the re-
citing OF the Lords Prayer The Rev.
~ M. Dawson, of the Unitarian
church, Ann Arbor. gave the sermon
cite on Freedom" which he will fol-
low with that OF Fellowship" in the
ofternoon service.
Freedom and fellowship are insep-
arabic, except with persons of very
limited natures, for, freedom without
Fellowship soon lapses into selfish
ness, said DIR. Dawson. Most people
|cannot associate the words, orthodoxy
md freedom. There Is no reason why
they should be hostile in the Chris
<ian life. An orthodox Christian is
|Derfectly free to follow an ideal and
10 realize IL, IL he can. Orthodoxy is
mot limitation. We all have our linn
1tations-physical, artistic, intellectual.
We have inhuman limitations, such
~ social conventions, which hamper
our freedom. Limitations so imposed
are entirely artificial, although not
necessarily unjustifiable. Freedom TO
pursue ones own will in the field OF
religion does not exist. We do not
yet enjoy perfect liberty OF religious
thought, but we can attain ii. To
<he man without faith IL looks impos-
|Dible. We are in bounden duty to
breathe, talk and preach this ideal OF
freedom and make II paramount to all
but the fellowship of brotherly love-"
Rabbi Leo NJ. Franklin, of Temple
Beth FL, who has been i'll, may not be
'1u1nciently recovered to speak on
*Character" and Service" in the
meetings announced for Tuesday. IL
he cannot, the Rev. Eugene Rodman
Bhfppen, pastor of the First Unitarian
church. will take his place.