The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-27

movable. but as our Father, as close
ly related 10 our lives,' said DR..
Huget. We are justified In belieV.
Ing that God has plan and work for
every life. And since ia e can be
no failure for Him, life committed
TO His care cannot fail The very
stars In their courses are not surer."
In seeking public sentiment on the
question, What is keeping men and
women from becoming Christians >"
the Rev. Eugene M. Antrim sent out
IA number OF letters asking replies.
some of the answers TO which he pre-
sented, In his sermon. Sunday eve.
ming, In the North Woodward Metho-
uist church. Corruption In politics
and private life. too m.ch modernism
and luxury. too many clubs, lodges,
wine suppers and amusements were
among the reasons given and decried
as indicative OF degenerate times
Modern preaching also received some
hard knocks. 1t being classed az
tsterotyped, lacking in vitality and as
having failed to present the simple
gospel In dead earnestness.
there is never a bargain price-life
and truth" said the Rev. Walter r.
Fruit, In Preston Methodist church.
speaking on "A good bargain Life
Il one thing which man treasures, vet
daily many are selling their lives for
that which they do not need and for
things which not only are not helpful
but which when used In excess tend
to shorten life," said Mr.. Fruit.
number OF Detroit pastors took
for sermon subject matter, Sunday,
the Second coming OF Christ" The
Rev. William A. Burch. In the Be
fthune-ave. Advent Christian church.
said in part: The only hope OF the
church is that blessed hope OF our
Lords return. Our Lords coming
has not been imminent as some
would tell US, throughout the cen.
turtles OF the past, and II is not i'm
minent now, unless We have passed
the great waymarks OF prophecy
which as predicted, must be left be-
hind ere our Lord can come. Jesus
told His church when certain signs
began TO be fulfilled to lift up the
head and, when all OF the foretold
events became history, to know that
the kingdom was nigh at hand, or, in
other words, that His coming was
near, even at the doors. In the
dozen or more great consecutive
prophecies Of the Bible the events to
precede our Lords coming have all.
or nearly all, come 10 pass. We have
passed the dark days OF religious
persecution, and we seem very near
the time when as predicted, the rule
lof the Turk In Europe shall come to
lis end. The chronological prophecies
of the Bible must be near their latest
termination. The nations in their I'M
wearied ornaments bespeak Arranged
don. The labor question has almost
reached its sharpest focus. The moral
condition OF the world fills the mould
OF prophecy, while the predicted
pleasure-seeking reign of Lacecea,
fortells His coming"
The First New Thought church be-
gan the first OF series of Sunday
afternoon services In the Detroit
opera house, Mrs. Margaret G. La
Grange addressing an audience that
filled the theater, on the topic Build
Ing a working faith" THE real re-
ligion is a practical, everyday re-
ligion," said Mrs. La Grange 1T Is
IA religion OF service, which IL a high
er term OF worship than all our words
OF prayer. Through New Thought we
awaken the great reserve powers
within us-powers that are as cur
rents from the divine source OF life.
Such an awakening enables US to put
aside fear which holds 80 many back,
and to bring harmony into our lives"
G. B. Raymond, OF New York.
speaking In the Garrick theater, Sun
day afternoon, under the auspices OF
the International Bible Students
league, declared that hell IL the
grave and not place OF torment"
The church Is split" said Mr.. Ray
mond, because the leaders have
formed classes-clergy and laity--
contrary to the truth which says that
all are brethren. Each denomination
is mixture OF truth and error, truth
having been hidden until the time OF
the end. We are now living In this
time Of the end. and consequently
men are getting more truth and
away from the condition known in
the Bible as Babylon, meaning con
fusion"
DR.. j. Alexander McIvor Tyndall,
in New Thought Alliance hall, Sun
day evening, gave an analytical talk
en- Ibsen's drama, Ghosts" DIR.
Tyndall said the great Norwegian
cramatist's book and plays were more
powerful sermons than any that could
be preached from pulpits. When, as
occurs In the drama Ghosts, Ibsen
speaks OF the world being people
With spectres, he means that the
world is filed with non-vitsl ideas,
thought creations OF the mortal mind.
that have no place or part In the op-
Grafton OF that which Is lasting.
eternal and true" said DR.. Tyndall.
"a ghost that haunts us all and
makes slaves OF us is the ghost of
conyentionality-th which nothing
could be more lifelsss. Concealment.
affectation. pretensions that are ABB
a.