The Detroit times., 1911-02-20

dividuals want an inii"idual service
aud Individual privilege. which kind
have no place IN the CInrcL Of christ
o. the state created Tor man. becaust
life that Ia social demands a social eA-
preston In this day there are me;l
ana omen who ave great heroes as
there eve have been la history because
OF the social way they express their
responsibilities. I herS are als
towards today, vino ar. not unknown
IL. history. becdrsr OF the individual
way they express their responsibility.
We "hall consider tina. person.
CD lie Is man hero who accepts
pain. IA q coward who lights against
H. By pain" 1 10 not mean here that
mcntal evidence cf pr. steal distress.
mtan any trouble, trial prick OF the
cCrscitnce. or any personal distress;
n'Gn-hCro plays his part by welcoming
any OF these pers 1nal experiences as
lie own, and i'm his welcome he learns
wherein ne has netn Incorporate, on tN-
tICmc in mind or body The coward
fights his personal distrt sses as II they
We're his enemy and because OF ms
hostile attitude tas is always the caseb,
he leases into devils the influences m
tended as ministering angels.
A family recently had left In their
charge a diseased babe. No ont else
could care for tae worse man helpless
infant The attitude OF the family to-
a. EN- To be OF the hero typt. for they
accepted anu welcomed this trial as
they would welcome "A child OF then
own. It meant hours end hours OF
rursing OF the hardest kind,-sleeples IS
nights, quarantine irom oil social
and rtligious engagements, yet all OF
this WAS welcomed ahc entertained as
a personal opportunity. Contrast this
attitude with that OF a woman who
fought against her coalition and eX-
Ecrience brought Largely upon herself.
she found fault with every one mont
understood her, she thought; her best
friends al thOITllt 20 Lee unklnQ
nothing satisfied her. ctc.. etc. so that
she became In TINT insane because OF
her hostile attitude against everything
ana everyone about her Is IL won
der that she attempted the unreason-
al le act of suicidt? the first accepted
her responsibility and expressed II 10
ia every last. The second fought her
responsibility and II killed her.
Heroes Needed To soI,t Problems.
ca 4 man hero sees n problem and
solves it, a coward docges IL. BY
problem" | do not mean an individual
issue, but social issue. The great
problems OF our social life art party
political, partly economic ana parity re-
ligious Time will not permit discus
sion of these Interesting issues by
themselves, but we Will lump them into
one statement madt rec entity by "a con-
stryative statesman. lie said: There
IS something wrong with our civillza-
ton. out | do rot know what IL Is.
Everyone feels the statement 10 be
true, tnat there Is SOlneli'ns WiohB
with our present-day civilization. and
we all are more or less sure We know
the cure. IL is not natural thlnB 10
find the products of the earth IN the
control OF the few, when they were
intended for the many II is not a
natural thing to find such extravaganza
wealth on the one hand and such ABB
ject poverty on the other IL Is not
natural thing 10 find what is called
education" SO hard thing to acquire
that many must of necessity remain
ignorant Nor IL our civilization of :
disease a natural thing, or our artinclal
system OF indirect government.
Now all OF this unnaturalness IN Ire
must be forced out OF being. and the
natural order take its place. Here are
problems for giants 10 solve, Dut, IN
stead of our giants trusting nature 10
help them they so often trust TO the
artificial methods OF a Goliath, and they
become wreck i'm the ruin OF their
own armor The man-hero sticks until
the problem liz solved. The coward
sees its intricate difficulties and re-
fuses to move,
- CD 4 man-hero does not fear the
powers within him. n coward does fear.
hope YOU will think and think or the
Significance OF giving expression In
word, i'm thought, and I'm life TO the
powers buried within the human con-
Seriousness Life will he entirely
changed for the better when man more
ana more courts the favor OF the con-
vncing, purifying and healing power
within one has conviction about
the social iniustices OF the day. This
conviction OF truth overthrows the
cherished theories of tradition and the
fashionable tongue OF convention. To
give expression TO the truth may mean
attack by the established order and in
terests concerned, Yet the man-hero
no Is OF good courage and plays tho
man for the people and for the cities OF
our God" can not hold Ills peace, be-
cause he does not fear the power
within.
A coward fears the power within, and
when one has said that one has said
all Fear closes the mouth, estopS
the mind and breeds a wreck.
In the responsibilities that come to
us. let MS give them social expression
and thus shall we have good courage
and play the part OF men for our peo-
pie and for the cities OF our God.
"Oh God give us men.
A time like this demands
Great brains, strong hearts,
True faith and ready hands.