The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-20
IN DETROIT PULPITS--No XIV
Matthi
sermon by Us Pas The Men For
Sd. MattAia., Epl.eepaI.

Be OF good courage. and let as
play the men Tor o our cd pe0p ana: the
Lord do that which seemeth Dim
good Samuel. lO:l2
These are part OF the words OF the
famous General Joab. tat nsp hS,shsi.
before golng Into battle against 'ne
Ammoaites and their mercenarles;
IL Is not the fact OF an oriental W.
that we want to consider, out the iaSs
thai, to be success in those ancient
days either In war or peace vns
had 10 be MAN-"Let US psaS
the men for our people, ana i ,oa
science OF killing people was not SO
overwhelmingly successful as In our
own time. IL was sufficiently strenuv,uSs
TO call forth the rugged traits Oh 49,
humanity; and even though the metn
eds OF bringing about the death OF
ones enemy was comparatively cruus,
IL received the favor OF respeStaoni's
i'm ancient days by being considered
method used by the Lord TO usher IN
His rlg hteousness. Al least, that w 49,.
the popular conception anohs -
ancient Jews, and perhaps that - VIZ
we hear from certain quarters . oSIs
that there is such a thing as a risht-
eous war (and, TO add 10 the hohy
OK language that IL Is more IT'S $3.50
today than formerly pecause 800
people can be killed In less tine snu
tory OF mankind. -. .h.,
one wonders IL il is not fact that
we have forgotten 10 play .ne aur
for our people and for the cities OF our
3od" 10 our ordered progress OF &c
cumulation" When we consider that
IL costs more money 10 make snow
at preserving peace mo now vans snAh we stop
TO wonder II. after ALL the worlo 10
progressing. When We know that MOI
die because OF modern neglect. mou
A. len IN NJ
poverty. modern types or wee. IN hiS IN
and low places, than formerly dleo IN
war. we are faced with the fact that
men of the heroic type are more an
tenn than they were In the days OK
tribal feuds and wars.
We Must Accept Responsibility.
The man OF heroic type wanted 70
That type is slowly and surely losing
caste. The lighter who draws ploou
and tears from humanity VIII. IN
comparatively short time, be the pu,Ls
sioughed on as an excrescencs upon
society. IL would be interesuns -
hear the comments Of our more en-
lightened progeny on their pretenti1 9Ss
Bloody Way" win seek to graft their
lineage upon a less ruday brancn anu
tell the lie to their inheritance oy toI-
lowing the ways OF peace ana prothsr-
The nero of battles and wars. whose
attack is upon more or less innocent
victim, 10 not what Is needed. Dut .
man whose attack shall be upon inoi-
vidual ard social rnrlghtness wherever
that sp.ri. raises it's destructive power
Let us play the men for our PEG.
pie, and for the cities OF our Goo. ana
the Lord do that which seemeth him
good" We may play the man for our
eeople and for our city In q supreme
way by accepting a responsibility and
by bearing up under It. as the se a..
dard color-bearer bears UP under the
strain Of his conspicuous position.
II there il one thing more than an
other that puts the man, splrlt t9 a
test. It Is that persona nsa.inoasih aiIi!
II Is the lack OF this sense In the indi-
yidual that makes him useless 10 ms
business associates; IT Is the conscious
dispensable to his class. II 10 the lack
OF .his sense OF responsibility In inc
individual that humans one LOT ue
social urlift work OF q social ire y, y.
the Individual that viii usher In the
time when so-called social-work VIII
be no longer necessary. IL - pecause
OF the lack Of this sense OF ,b ses syer !.
else OF his devotional life. that the
more conspicuous evidences OF releion
are wanting an expression; IL ID the
con seriousness OF this religious sense
In everyone that will usher into exis-
renee upon earth the Kingdom OF God.
u n On apparent fact then that re-
sronsibiiity makes. and the iack OF y.
Of a sense OF responsibility, / mean
not only a correct ard proper attitude
OF mind In accepting a vocation put =
correct attitude OF mind In dIscnar sin ns
that vocation. Our vacations are not
30 mysterious as perhaps our fore
fathers thought. The call to go
preach" in one case I have heard Of ,!
turned out TO be q call to u go pam 70
the mysterious bray OF certain quad
ruped. rather than In listening to the
simple dictation OF the voice WITHIN
come to us simply and directly II. we
do NOT assume the attitude or a
stranger when the voice speaks. Al
can approach responsibility Win
charge Of IL becomes the work OF a
man--hero We all accept responsible
ity as individuals, but the moment We
accept them. or II. our individual OF
enter into a social expression OF life.
II In because we express our various
responsibilities individually that We
fail and. according to law. must inev-
Take. for Instance. one Illustration
out OF many that might be cited. and
what n true in business Is true In
sehols.ship 10 PLAY az. In nn iasSr IA young
man is engaged by business house TO
be an entry clerk. His individual re-
Is TO put into eligible and
permanent form the particular items
that pass through his hands. His indi-
viduaI responsibility Ia 20 accept these
various items of record, but In making
them an item OF record. he performs a
social act, from the fact that his work
must be utilized by another clerk. and
his, In turn, by another, and so on un-
I'll the entire office force has either
directly or Indirectly come into touch
with the work OF every other clerk.
Such united action from every employe
predetermines career of success Tor
any business house The entry clerk
accepts his responsibility as an indi-
vidual. re gives exprefion to II, or
discharges IL. In a social way. that Is,
for the benefit OF the social order Of
which he In a unit