The Detroit times., 1914-04-13

al church services or our religious,
expressions or sanctimonious Ways.
There IL a vast difference between
J righteousness and Christianity. Relig-
iousness IL cold and formal and life
less. Christianity from Paurs view
point. is vibrant with life and SYM
patty and love. Is the surrender OF
the will to Gods will. 1t means Nv
Ing the life OF faith"
The largest congregation in the
history OF the First Unitarian church
assembled Easter Sunday morning
and many persons were unable to get
into the edifice. The Rev. Eugene H.
Shipper received SO new members.
Feelings fall, opinions perish, in
situations pass away, and one thing
alone has permanency stamped upon
1.-THE Easter spirit of new life In
the love of Him who brought immor-
tality,' said the Rev. w. II. Wray
Boyle. In the Woodward-ave. Presby-
terrain church.
VI Suth iiuDOI LahtC 10 thN
belief in Immortality that many have
said we ought to believe in 1t. even in
the absence OF proof, for the good II
will do" said the Rev. Willis A.
Moore, In the Church OF Our Father
Christ, by LIS resurrection. changed
mans vague questioning into a con
fident and unshakable belief in life
that goes right on through death and
forever-a life revealed by Him to
be certain and real in loving com.
mnnication with others-there as
here, then as now. And we Univer-
salists believe that this kind of life
Is for all; that each living soul on
this earth Is immortal. was born So
and always will remain So
/ In the North Woodward Congrega-
tional church. the Rev. Chester b.
Emerson, received 35 new members.
THE living Christ is always an out.
growing Christ" said DR.. Emerson.
He is always leaving things behind.
He outgrew even His grave when His
spirit was freed from the tomb in
the resurrection. And when the
church has caught up with Christ,
even when we have the sense OF d.
vine companionship the task is not
done. Christ Is still an outgrowing
Christ. He Is still going on before.
We must constantly accept new
truths and new duties which come
into our lives with each mornings
sunshine
God forgive us for having lost our
power OF Indignation" said the Rev.
j. Percival Huget. in the First Con-
gregational church. If certain black
holes I'm the city are half as vile as
be swept from the city. not only by
the law but by an outraged and arous-
ed public sentiment. Why such ex-
preston on Easter? Because, 1t proves
point. 1t Is the spreading light
which makes the soil hideous. A dark
and darkened world neither sees nor
cares. Seeing and caring will change
the world. The spreading light not
only reveals, it rebukes. judges and
condemns"
In Temple Beth FL, Rabbi Leo M.
Franklin spoke on THE Jewish con-
ception of immortality" DR.. Franklin
said In part:
Surely the analogy OF nature holds
for man. Who that has a soul that
lifts him to the higher things. can
believe that man alone, created In the
image of his God, can perish? Who
cannot see In natures resurrection
the plea for mans eternity? Indeed,
asbelief in the Immortality Of the hu-
man soul is inevitably bound up with
the conception OF an ADJUST God. SO
far as the Jews are concerned, they
have taken immortality for granted,
as q corollary OF their conception OF
an adjust Cod