The Detroit times., 1912-03-05
TO SUCCEED A MAN MUST
HAVE RELIGION IN HIS LIFE
Minneapolis Rector Gives Stir
ring Talk in Monday
Lenten Service
my LAMEs- n EREEMAN

Business men will be told how To
apply religion i'm their CONNIE rc.al
and private lives every day this week
i'm the MONDAY Lenten service, in 'he
I Detroit opera house. where the Rev.
: James II. FREEMAN. rector OF 81
Marks Episcopal church, Minneapohs,
began a series OF sermons. Tuesday,
on the subject. Religion and COM
mon life
believing that your social. indus
| trial. moral and religious problems
are about the same In Detroit as IN
Minneapolis, or any other city, be-
lieve that what | shall try TO tell you
day by day this week, will hit the
mark as sQuarely in this as In any
other city" said DR.. Freeman. The
speaker began vital and stirring
talk with the story OF the feeding OF
the multitude by Jesus with the loaves
and fishes.
You will notice. said he. that
the Bible says. Jesus took the loaves
and after he had given thanks, re
distributed them After He had
given thanks, that's the great
point. Jesus throughout His min
| istry upon, earth had great concern
for mems bodies and accented man
present need quite as much as MS
future need. Jesus emphasized the
solidarity OF man. II has taken the
! church 10 centuries TO find out tfa'
Jesus was present--worldly. Man
physical well-being is necessary 70
his spiritual well-being.
Religion is vitality related TO mans
lists have won their followers Dy In
cooperating this fact into their teach
ings. Ii is comparatively recent since
the church realized the necessity OIL
combining the physical and the spir
itual, of making a mans religion q
pregnant part Of his everyday NE
II Is called social service in these
DAYS. Perhaps you know the s.ory
of The great English churchman. Loro
Melbourne, OF whom | am heartily
ashamed, by the way. who happening
10 be in the congregation OF rector
whose ideas Of religion had decided
iy practical twist. suddenly lett Ms
seat In the midst of the sermon and
strobe out of the church saylrg'
Things have come TO a pretty lass
when religion intrudes itself into .
mans private life. To-Day a man Is
a pretty poor specimen II religion is
not a part of his private and pusi-
ness life.
I'm fact, to succeed man must
have religion in his life. He must
recognize God. To eliminate God Is
10 court disaster and inevitable fail-
ure. Do you think that Jesus would
have been able to feed the multitude
with the few loaves and fishes II he
had denied God? Remember, AFTER
He had given thanks He distributed
them. The things that have only nu-
man motives behind them always go
down to defeat That's why many OF
our altruistic projects fail. The Goo
element in thing provides the dyha
mics. Modern economists and social
workers, don't forget this As Car
llyle saws, we must have the splendoi
nj God. or 20 down 10 suicidal dis
aster.' =,
| why is 1t a fact that in our col
Ileges and universities the Bible Is De
coming recognized as something more
than mere literature? II is the dyna
mics an 1.-THE vital, throbbing force
of IL. the combining Of the divine with
the human. There Is no force, nc
moving power In mans lie with
| out the heart of God being IN IL
Tbat's the real meaning OF social ser
| vice. 49,,
DR. Freeman will remain in Detroit
until Saturday