The Detroit times., 1915-11-26
Is This the Love That
Thinketh No Evil?

An earnest newspaper counts that day
lost whose low descending sun sees from
its subscription list no name struck OIL
for convictions sake.
Yesterday, the day of the Thanksgiv-
ing festival, was no exception. A letter
that inspired gratitude in this office be-
cause it induced the reflection that we
are getting neither timorous nor gelatin
Gus, ran as follows:
To the Editor of The Times
The writer has been a constant reader
and admirer OF The Times for many years
and was somewhat surprised at the editor
ial printed in last Wednesdays paper, con
corning Dean Marquis and the Protestant
clergy generally.
fnx's issue Ia very praiseworthy and eX-
presses the sentiments of many Times
readers
The Times has taken such an admirable
stand In accepting no Objectionable adver'
Using. is II not possible to remain nonsec'
tartan?
You may discontinue the paper when our
b subscription expires on or about January
1st. Thanking you remain,
Yours very truly.
MRS. A. BRICKER,
$40 Second-aVe.
4 Detroit, Nov. %, 1915.
The letter of Mr.. Gray which our de-
parting constituent extols took The
Times to task for commencing the policy
.of the Catholic church in maintaining a
spiritual oversight of its membership
omong the toilers and tainted The Times
With catering to the Catholics.
The Times having cited the fact, in the
course of its commentator of Dean Mar
nuts withdrawal from the beautiful! St.
paul's Cathedral for one year to live
with the workmen at the Ford plant, that
the Protestant clergy enjoy soft and
sheltered, even luxurious lives. compared
with the lot of the factory toiler,
Mr.. Gray comes back with the conten-
ton that many Catholic priests live in
luxury and indulgence-which, if true,
doesn't serve to narrow the gulf that
serjarates the industrial classes from the
stately sanctuary and the high-salaried
pastor.
Henry Drummond says in his splendid
essay on "The Greatest Thing in the
/. World" that great many people are
J. kept out of the kingdom of Heaven by
the unlovely behavior of those who pro-
Tess to be inside Here are brother and
ssister of the church who can see in our
4 commendation of the concern for the la
borers evinced by Episcopalian and Cath
/ Ole clergy, only desire to be selfshly
sectarian.
\ Is this the charity (love) that doth
i not behave itself unseemly and thinketh
I no evil?
What The Times said in the first place
about the lack of sympathy and under
standing between the clergymen who
4 serve the beautiful urban churches and
y the industrial masses. was merely reaf-
frmation of what open-eyed leaders of
our religious world are saying every day
Hon. H. M. Beardsley, the Kansas City
3 business man who has just been chosen
\ IN cd erator of the Congregations
y churches of the United States, deplores
/ The fact that no deep movement has ap-
peared to bring the denomination into
+ sympathy with the industrial world
1.-THE whole denomination needs to be
\ educated to know its opportunity and the
importance of understanding what things
make for complete justice for all men
IN all conditions of life"
Rev. Charles Stelzle, fraternal dele.
Z gate of the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America to the
recent convention of the American Fed
eration of Labor in San Francisco, calls
Intention to the fact that "a out of every
: 400 in 1900 were members of the church
but in 1910 there were also "a. He re-
kported 1 200 abandoned churches in Kan
[sas and another 1000 abandoned
EAurehes in ohio-due in measure to