The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-02
saturday Was Pay Day in the
Devils Workshop" Furnishes
Pastor With Text
POINTS TO WARNINGS
FROM MOORE BOYS CASE
Declares Evil Companions the
Worst Menace of Young
Lives


pay day In the Devils workshop.
printed in The Times, Tuesday. Feb.
"a. as a text. the Rev. Frank 8. Row
land preached powerful sermon, sun
day evening. in the Cass-eve. Metho-
dist church. DIR. Rowland read tn.
editorial slowly and impressively and
then proceeded to his sermon. "Break-
ers ahead"
There are breakers ahead In every
life, and many young men and women
have been wrecked upon them" SAID
DR.. Rowland If You heed not the
warning your frail craft will strike
the cruel rock and be lost. The most
dangerous breaker Of all II EVIL COM
panions. Young Moore, the auto ban
dit awaiting trial for the most serious
offense next to the crime OF slaying.
has evil companionship to thank for
his present plight and the death OF
his brother. Had these boys chosen
In early life the right companions the
awful tragedy would not have taken
place. Other breakers that I warn
i you against are 'extravagance' and
gambling.
The Rev. F. b. Haggard. who came
to Detroit from Livermore Falls. Me-.
preached his first sermon Sunday, In
biz new charge In this city, the War
ren-ave. Baptist church. Mr.. Haggard
took for his initial topic the appro-
pirate text: Behold, I stand at the
door and knock; II any man hear
my voice and open the door I will
come In to him and sup with him
and he with me-" Although only 80
years Of age. Mr.. Haggard has had
several charges In Missouri and Kan
sas, Massachusetts and Maine. He
completed mis- theological education In
Newton Theological seminary, Newton.
Mass, In 1913. Mrs. Haggard was
educated In Hardin college. In Mexico.
NO., and In the Moody Bible institute.
They are said to be enthusiastic youns
people and much IL expected Of their
efforts In the Warren-ave. church.
Stocks or dice, one 10 as bad 90
the other" declared the Rev. Joseph
IA. Vance. In. the First Presbyterian
church scoring THE man who gam
bles." In strong sermon on that
topic. Gambling n infectious" said
DR.. Vance. and let 1t get started any
where and It will rapidly infect q
community unless restrained by law
snd ito pernicious influence shown by
education. One lucky board Of trade
plunger will infect . city-full Of young
men with his example, and set thou
sands to speculating In cereals or
stocks. and then drive them to steal
ing to recOup their losses. Embe8xling
always follows q fever for gambling
In q community or city. Gambling on
horse races or little secret entrance
room games catch the low-salaried
clerks. whose greed to get on easy
street by short cut II eQualled only
by their gullibility a. the gamblers
prey"
FOrty-seven new members were re-
ceived into the Woodward-ave. Bap-
list church, Sunday morning. by the
Rev. Maurice r. Fixes. In the even
i Ing, DR.. Fixes preached q stirring
sermon on THE devil at the chess.
board Of life." In which he said In
part: THE devil has hoodwinked Q
part of humanity with the binders of
unbelief. Satan watches to check.
mate every righteous act with q coun-
ter move of unbelief. The devil never
gives up the chase, once he gets the
trail. He blinds some preachers OF
the gospel like Aked Of San Francis
co. until he who once famed forth Q
perfect incarnation Of orthodoxy, nov
denies some Of the most vital pv.lS
Of Christianity. and from the pub
at that! The thing happened to b
Fay Mills Of recent local interest, In
his theater experience, who years ago
was flaming evangel to thousands
OF souls In this country, but latterly
has been check-mated at the game Of
life. The devil would have US throw
t6verbUIrd the Bible az the word OF
God and take no stock In its life-sav.
ing teachings"
| One Of the results Of the annual
Communion and meeting Of st. Vincent
de Paul's society, held Sunday, In Our
Lady Of the Rosary church was the
Organization Of an employment bu-
lreau. A number Of employer Of labor
present In the meeting said they could
place men In positions ct ohce. The
meeting of the society was held d
the parish hall. following attendance
at mass. About 500 members Of the
society, representing 20 different par
fishes. were present. The Rev. r.. J.
Van Antwerp and DR.. John Hall. pres
ident of the Detroit poor commission,
made the principal addresses. Henry
! Blackwell acted - chairman IN place
of President James r. Murphy who
has been III. and although In attend
ance at the meeting, felt unequal to
the strain of the chairmanstip. II
was announced by Mr.. Blackwell that
Gov Ferris would speak for the 30
ciety In q meeting to be held In the
armory, April l6.
Miss Mary I. Jones, missionary to
| China, spoke, Sunday noon. before the
Bible school of the First Baptist
church, and in the B. Y. p. u. meet
Ing In the evening. Tuesday abe
speaks before the basket meeting Of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary 90
cfety. Wednesday afternoon she will
address the woman's missionary meet
| INK. and will gtvd another address IN
the evening. and Thursday morning
she speaks before the W0man's In
REORGANIZATION Missionary society.
Afias Jones r. maintained II the for
leitn field BY the First Baptist church.
| Since the Rev. w. H. wray Boyle be.
came pastor OF the Woodward-aye.
Presbyterian church q few months
lago. III new members have been
added to the roll. 80 young men and
women Joining Sunday. Following the
imoninG ooev1oe. Which inc1u1oo 60