The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-30
IN DETROIT PULPITs

BILLY Sunday II q great boy and
one of the best converts the church
ever made" was the way the Rev.
Harry Monroe, Of Chicago, expressed
Il Sunday afternoon, In q mass meet
Ing IN the armory. Mr.. Monroe was
the man who converted Sunday while
he was preaching to a crowd gath
cred In q little side street In Chicago.
SUNDAY came along with q crowd Of
ball players and all stopped TO Idly
listen to my talk" said Mr.. Monroe.
Suddenly something seemed to come
over Sunday. He left his companions.
pushed his way to my side and said
that from that moment he would de-
vote himself to Gods service. That
was "a years ago and he has never
gone back on his word" The meet.
ing addressed by Mr.. Monroe was
held under the auspices of the City
Rescue mission, and following q
statement Of the financial needs Of
the mission, liberal donotions were
made, nearly $4,000 being raised dur
ing the day.
The Rev. J. M. Barley. In Forest
ave. Presbyterian church, Sunday
morning. said that he could make the
following reply to the query. why
do you believe In the church,"
~ love the church because II holds
before me the deepest the highest,
the hottest. the sweetest and the ten
drest things of life. It tells me
whence I came, what am. and whittier
I am going. 1t sets before me the
most exalted character in the uni.
verse, and bids me through its d.
vine Head to be perfect. even % my
Father in heaven IL perfect"
Revenge IL the badge Of barbar-
ISM" said the Rev. Maurice p. Fixes.
in the Woodward-ave. Baptist church.
In the course Of his sermon on THE
echoes Of forgiveness. His first
words Of prayer as he hung upon the
cross were: Father. forgive them
for they know not what they do To
day, hard headed men of affairs insist
that the preaching Of the cross Of
Christ IL altogether beyond the pos
sibility Of average men, but let II be
remembered that Jesus Christ never
gave one word Of instruction, never
announced one plank OF Q platform
that could not be carried out by any
man who ever lived. He never trod
one path that we cannot follow II We
will. Each thrust OF thorn and spike
and spear was but the opening up Of
another fountain for the issuing forth
Of the healing stream Of divine health
and healing"
The Rev. Thomas J. villers, In the
First Baptist church, declared that
1.-THE church OF God is . separated
church, q purchased church, an In.
dwelt church. grateful church, an
imperishable church, conquering
church. . glorious church" when
some one comes along and tells us
that the church n dying we are as
alarmed a. II be said the sun 10 pre-
pairing to 60 out Of business" said
DR.. villers. "As . matter Of fact. the
membership In the church IL increas-
ing about million annually. In the
last Is years, new church buildings
have been erected at the average rate
of one every three hours. day and
night. The loss Of q skirmish n not
the loss of q campaign"
I'VE plead for church attendance
on the ground that the church II the
only institution that stands for re-
ligion first, last and all the time"
said the Rev. Frank 8. Rowland, In
Cass-ave. Methodist church. MAN In
naturally q religious being, . praying
animal, and he was made 70 worship.