The Detroit times., 1911-10-27
Increased Interest in MONDAY
Meetings One of the Most
Encouraging Signs.
BIGGEST GATHERING OF
WEEK IN PONTCHARTRAlN
Factory Workers Give Up Lunch
Hour TO Listen To Talks
On Religion.

M any OF the previous services held In
u is hosiery in the interest OF the
Men and Religion movement There
wcic between IS and 100 men present,
uhu stood with their hats in their
hands and gave respectful attention
~ the Rev. Charles C. Albertson. pas
ior of the Central Presbyterian
church of Rochester, \ Y, when he
talked 10 them OF their religious obli'
gations. Two songs by Harold Jarvis
gave the meeting added interest ana
held the crowd until the meeting was
formally dismissed by ames scher
mel horn, who presided.
The manner in which DE- Albertson
was received indicated that the move
mont Is beginning to take a hrmer
erin I'm Detroit Mr. Schermerhorn
ted OF the faI-reaching nature OF the
calnpaign and that the men were go.
irr 10 hear more about il as time
went on. no matter where they might
be. Tor il will take in 81 of the large
= rItieE of the country and some 900
smaller ones, the campaisH being
sylead over a period or several
months So, wherever they travelled,
they were likely 10 run across just
such meetings as are now being held
I'm Detroit
Or. Alberlson's church has a mem.
pership of 1880 and is one OF the larg-
est In York state. He has given up
his work for week TO come to De-
troit and assist in the movement. He
is lorccful talker,
carlyie's Philosophy.
One OF the best things Thomas
Carlyle even said was. The highest
politics is the politics of the soul
said DR.. Albertson, in beginning his
talk. And one OF the greatest Of
Gladstone sayings was There is
only one supremacy great question,
y and that Is the religious question.
MANY PEOPLE entertain false no
tions of the church, and one or the
objects or this Men and Religion
Movement is TO dispel those nouons.
One of these is that the church is a
distinctly human institution. II Is
human. TO be sure, but il has divine
head. Another false notion is that
\ the church isAnaoe UP largely OF peo-
y ple who think they are better than
other people. That is Phariseeism..
and I have found quite as much
Phariseeism outside the churches as
In Il.
st is also a false notion that the
church exists for itself alone. as
many seem TO think. | have heard OF
exclusive churches. hut I have never
vet found one. Just as il is the OBJ
ject of every conscientious physician
70 labor TO prevent disease. so there
viii be no necessity for PHYSICIANS
services. so Il is the object Of the
church 10 make The world so perfect
that churches will no longer be nee
essary. An ideal city is not a city
filled with churches, but city with
out a solitary edifice. a city where
ever home is church.
"The message of the Men and Re-
llgion movement is two-fold. II says
10 the men I'm the church, Get busy;
10 those outside il says Come in
DIR. Albertson divided those who
are outside the churchs pale into
four classes. the nearly in the
Donce in" the born in and the
.sneyer in" He took occasion 10 say
that Mr.. Busch. OF st. Louis, Is not
one of the men at the head of the
movement. as has been reported. He
also stated that ]. p. Morgan Is not
one OF them
Meetings In Factories.
Noon meetings were also held in
several of the industrial plants OF the
city. including the Cadillac Motor Car
Co, and the Calvert Lithographing
Go. In the latter plant c. r. Drum, OF
New York, was the speaker and after
briefly outlining the meaning Of the
movement and it's aims, he said that
his message was not one OF seeking
Increased membership for the
churches, but TO urge the slogan DO
Something for somebody and not
do somebody for something.
everyone OF you mon now in this
room has an opportunity every day, II
not every hour or minute OF your
lives. TO do a helpful action for some
fellow workman said Mr. Drum.
"Among the things the Men and Re-
licion Forward movement wants to
do Is TO bring to you clear idea Of
the real meaning of social service
When you 10 kindly action for an.
other you are doing a social service
Rohgion does not consist in going to
church every Sunday in your best
clothes and coming away from the
House OF God with no better, no
hoIier, no greater sense OF your re-
. sponsibility TO your fellow man than
you had before you went In The
religion OF today Is the kind that
makes practical application TO the
everyday affairs of life ! am frequent.
IL hsked by convert to Gods re.
ligion-what Is there for me to do?
re sueh and TO all-I reply, .Fead-th
Bible. In that greatest of all books
you will learn just what the Lord
wants You to do No man can AFFORD
20 be unacquainted with the Bible II
he hopes 10 be well-informed and to
be recognized as a man whom educa.
fion has benefited. The Bible gave
M orr civilization. Il is the greatest
educator as well as the greatest saw.
Tor ~ men"
No Drum was listened to- with
earnest attention by the men of the
plant assembled in the shIppins
room. Friday noon he will speak I'm
the same place on Some sins OF
men the meeting 10 be for the men
cmployes only.
Give Up Noon Hour.
Taking the time from their noon
hour to'hear about religion. from the