The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-26
is This the Love That
Thinketh No Evil?

4tts llIthCtH 4NO II IL .
An earnest newspaper counts that day
lost whose low descending sun sees from
It's subscription list no name struck OH
for convictions sake.
" Yesterday, the day of the ThanksgiV'
|ng festival, was no exception. A letter
HAT inspired gratitude in this office be-
cause it induced the reflection that we
6re getting neither timorous nor gelatin
BUS, ran as follows:
i TO the Editor of The Times
81 The writer has been a constant reader
4 and admirer of The Times for many years
Il and was somewhat surprised AT the editor
:; ial printed in last Wednesdays paper con
corning Dean Marquis and the Protestant
3 clergy generally.
q The article by E. p Gray in this even
B inr's issue is very praiseworthy and ex-
& presses the sentiments OF many Times
X readers,
M The Times has taken such an admirable
x stand In accepting no Objectionable adver-
4 Using, is il not possible to remain nonsec-
81 tarian?
You may discontinue the paper when our
y Subscription expires, on or about January
z lst Thanking you. remain,
MRS. A. BRICKER.
H $40 Secondaye.
y Detroit, Nov. %, 1915.
The letter of Mr.. Gray which our de-
1orting constituent extols took The
lines to task for commencing the policy
x the Catholic church in maintaining a
I6iritual oversight of its membership
ncng the toilers and tainted The Times
Nth catering to the Catholics.
I The Times having cited the fact. in the
I6slrse of its commentator of Dean Mar
1uis' withdrawal from the beautiful st.
[Sul's Cathedral for one year to live
Nth the workmen at the Ford plant, that
he Protestant clergy enjoy soft and
|heltered, even luxurious lives, compared
Nth the lot of the factory toiler,
~. Gray comes back with the conten-
hon that many Catholic priests live in
6nxury and indulgence-which, if true,
1oesn't serve to narrow the gulf that
Deparates the industrial classes from the
1tately sanctuary and the high-salaried
castor.
Att -a-r--- n.,',.- ,.->'''1 saua' ~
sssay on '"rhe Greatest fSfpg IN the
World" that great many people are
kept out of the kingdom of Heaven by
Me- unlovely behavior of those who pro-
[sss to be inside. Here are brother and
&ister of the church who can see in our
of the concern for the la
korers evinced by Episcopalian and Cath
&1ic clergy, only desire to be selfshly
nectarian.
Is this the charity Qove) that doth
not behave itself unseemly and thinketh
no evil?
4, What The Times said in the first place
about the lack of sympathy and under
rtanding between the clergymen who
|Serve the beautiful urban churches anc
lie Industrial masses, was merely reaf
rmation of what open-eyed leaders Of
lnnr religious world are saying every day
M Hon. H. Nj. Beardsley, the Kansas City
U8lOcSS Iflehl VIII Ids Juob btSi NhOoCi
Moderator of the Congregations
kurrhes of the United States, deplore'
he fact that no deep movement has APP
Jared to bring the denomination int
Smpathy with the industrial world
The whole denomination needs to b.
&ducated to know its opportunity and th'
Importance of understanding what things
make for complete justice for all mer
y all conditions of life
y Rev. Charles Sickle. fraterna dele
|Hte of the Federal Council Of tn,
Churches of Christ in America to the
lent convention of the American Fed
1(1tion Of Labor in San Francisco. call.
)nntion to the fact that "a out of every
81 1900 were members of the church
IA 1910 there were also "a. He re-
~ 1000 abandoned churches in Kan.
and another 1000 abandoned
- b Ohio--due in measure tc
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