The Detroit times., 1912-10-21
In Detroit Pulpits


are the two great causes which hold
back the development of the race. the
Rev. ]. Percival Huget. In the First
Congregational church, Sunday morn
ing. said. that, In a certain sense all
sin is ignorance, and that In another
sense ignorance leads to all transgres-
sion. ".One OF the saddest OF all ex-
periences Is the comparing of what
we are with what we might have been
had we only known. or II we had only
needed the warning" said DR.. Huget
In observance OF the silver jubilee
OF st. Boniface commandery, Knights
OF st. John, Sunday, Auxiliary Bishop
Edward Kelly celebrated pontifical
high mass, In st. Boniface church, at
2 o'clock In the morning, the com.
mandery attending In a body In full
dress uniform. Following solemn
-vespers at 2:30 o'clock In the after.
noon, a reception was held In st. Bon.
iface school hall and q banquet was
served at 8 o'clock by the ladies OF
the church.
The second in a monthly series OF
social betterment conferences being
held In the North Woodward Congre-
gational church was addressed, Sun
day evening, by DR.. Charles e. Chad
sey, superintendent OF schools. DR..
Chadsey told how the cooperation OF
parents and employers with the Board
OF Education, would help the practical
solution OF problems Of moral and
civic life. He advised parents TO visit
the schools attended by their children
and become acquainted with the
teachers, and he asked that employers
visit the night schools and the con-
tinuation schools to see for them
selves the anxiety OF the uneducated
and the foreigners to become edu-
Gated.
The bitter cry OF little children Is
the saddest on earth. and II is cry
which q Christian civilization can and
must hush," said the Rev. Eugene M.
Antrim, Sunday, in the North Wood
ward Methodist church. 1--WE expect
children to grow, flourish and become
good citizens under conditions We
could not expect geraniums, cabbages
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tie babe Is more heavenly than the
songs of angels, and It's prattle sweet
er than the rustic OF greenbacks.
Nature starts all children, rich or
poor, physically equal. but. the fear
full mortality of infants among the
poor is blot upon civilization" DR.,
Antrim urged that generous financial
aid and personal interest be given to
all philanthropies having to do with
the betterment OF conditions for little
children.
Many Of the pastors OF the city,
Sunday, during the course Of the regu-
lar services, spoke of the work being
accomplished by the Associated char.
tiles and the present necessity of that
Organization to raise $4,000 In order
to carry on the charitable and philan.
thropic projects which will be met
with this winter In Detroit
Criticising the giving of large sums
of money to charitable institutions
and individuals without the donor
making any effort to come into per-
sonal touch with the beneficiary, the
Rev. Henri Blanchot. In st. Joachim's
church, Sunday, said. that. the oin
saying, Gold as charity" was only
too apt. The expression portrays the
mental attitude of some IN the matter
of supporting charitable institutions" "
said FIR. Blanchot. Their charity Is
cold because 1t is a mere human vir-
tue, a mere sentiment OF benevolence
and philanthropy, not founded on re-
ligion. Such charity, while II may
relieve the needs of the body, breaks
the heart OF the victim"
Bishop William Burt, OF Buffalo, ad.
dressed the regular weekly meeting
of the Methodist Ministers association,
Monday morning, In the Central Meth
odist chapel Bishop Burt came To
Detroit, Sunday, from Rochester.
where he spoke In the morning, In
the First Methodist church. In the
afternoon, In Detroit, Bishop Burt
laid The cornerstone OF the new Metho-
dist church in st. Clair Heights, and,
In the evening, occupied the pulpit
Of the Preston Methodist church In
observance OF the silver anniversary
OF that church. During his brief stay
NuC VIII hCthNC ACA
Monday evening-Dishop Burt was
the house guest of the Rev. Charles
Bronson Allen, Detroit district super.
intendent. In Dr. Aliens home, No
110 Hazelwood-ave.
There is no use in talking until
we are red In the face about the evils
OF the dance hall, the saloon and the
cheap theater unless we furnish a sub
stitute for these dangerous places,
said the Rev. Frank s. Rowland, Sun
day. in Cass-ave. Methodist church, al
he went on to say that he thought the
united church should erect big audi
ltorium In the heart of the Gown-towt
district OF Detroit, to be open every
hour OF the "a and to offer place ol
healthful recreation 10 those who seel
amusement now in the saloon and the
dance hall. DIR. Rowland deplored tho
fact that within a few months eight
Protestant churches had moved up
town and yet city statistics show thai
moro people are living below Bagg-st
THAN ever before In Detroit's history.