The Detroit times., 1914-02-23
zMDETROIT PULPITs

pits. In observance OF the birthday
anniversary OF the father OF his
country"
In st. Paul's cathedral, Sunday
morning. special service was held
In which representatives of patriotic
societies participated. and the Rev.
John McCarroll. canon Of the cathe-
dral, preached. DR.. McCarroll COM
pared Washington to Saul.
In Cass-ave. Methodist church, the
Rev. Frank 8. Rowland. In discussing
his rermon. How to account for
Washington" said: THE laws OF
heredity and environment are made
Quate. He was not college-made
man. The only school he ever at.
tended was the one taught by the
parish sexton where he learned tho
three RE. He never studied gram.
mar. From q literary standpoint he
was not what the world would call
genius. but he possessed In remark
able degree what has been called
genius Of character. This trait shone
respondent in all the acts of his life.
The man Washington overtops the
soldier, the statesman, the orator
Washington. There was p power with.
In which accounts for his unparallel.
ed character and career.
at was a wonderful thing for our
country that at the very beginning of
our career the presiding genius
should have been a man of such noble
and exalted character as Washing
ton" said the Rev. M. Lee Grant. in
the. Fort-st. Congregational church.
"One good man II worth 400 graft
ing servers of time." said the Rev. G.
w. Stephenson. In the First Methodist
Protestant church.
The Rev. Thomas j. villers. in the
First Baptist church. In a special ad-
dress to the Bible school said
"Washington's was wise patriotism.
This wisdom was manifest In his
sleepless vigilance. his trust Of the
common people. and his quickening of
the civic conscience. He made war
on drunkenness and unsparingly de-.
nounced the politicians who insisted
on appointing to army position men
that we're not ft to be shoebf6cks.
None suppose that Lincoln or Wash.
ington was superhuman. We are per.
fectly aware that they were men OF
like passions with ourselves. Critics
could be engaged In bigger and better
business than dragging to the light
the petty faults Of our great leaders"
Thomas Paine's name Is to be link.
ed with that of Washington" said the
Rev. Eugene r. Shipper, In the First
Unitarian church. THAT Paine was
esttanged from Washington through
the malicious Misrepresentation OF
others Is one Of the sad episodes In
our national Nfe." DR.. Shipper refer
red to Paine as "the neglected
patroit." 'Paine's fame as a patriot
would have been secure had he not
written The Age of Reason" said
DR.. Shipper. What hornets nest
this book--to us. harmless-stirred
up. Paine was q devoted patriot.
great souled humanitarian, q devout
deist, one who dared to life his voice
against slavery nearly hundred
years before emancipation and to
plead for the rights Of women and the
or pressed everywhere. one who de.
serves from his still ungrateful coun.
try an honored place in her Hall of
Fame"
Making q strong plea that BILLY"
Sunday. the baseball evangelist, De
asked to come to Detroit. the Rev
Frank Foster Fitchett, In the Grand
River-ave.. Methodist church, said;
"If Sunday can break the crust Of
indifference that has settled down
on the city let him do 1t II he has
to use dynamite. II he can shock
into q sense of decency the shame
lessly dressed and shamelessly be-
haved society women Of the day
do not care what he says to her. II
he can make the men OF this city see
that the saloon is a hell, care not
how he does 1t. II he can make our
Indifferent church members see that
they are standing In the way OF
sinners, do not care how he does
It. II he can sweep our city with
deep storm of conviction, j do not
care how he does It. And In Gods
name let him come"
|. Maintaining that faith Is the FUN
damental principle Of all activity
and progress" the Rev. Chester b.
Emerson, In the North Woodward
Congregation church said: Through
faith, men grapple with the affairs
|of state and economic welfare;
through faith. the nation builders
left the marts Of industry to vindi-
cate before the world their right to
equal opportunity; through faith,
great statesmen labor for civic right.
|eousness; through faith In the inde-
[pendenca Of his commenweaftn, men
OF the gray took up arms in civil
war. Through faith in the solidar-
Iity Of the nation the men Of blue
took arms against them. "God grant
that our faith and our strength may
be equal to our task"
Speaking on THE game Of life,"
the Rev. Maurice p. Fixes, In the
woodward-ave. Baptist church said:
THE most impractical part Of US is
the luggage Of life-our wardrobes,
houses. facilities OF comfort and con-
venience, even business, because all
these pass with the using, and fire.
quently they all slip away from our
grasp before the using, and we are
stung by the bitter disappointment
OF daily experience. Possessing the
soul. one possesses peace--the only
real possession In this world. worth
while. Don't let the devil check
mate you. then, with the spirit OF
avarice, which makes peace all but
impossible, because Il eats out the
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