The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-25


A wonderful thing has happened.
The note Of sacriAciA service has
cre2t into the urteRncss OF the
statesmen az our day Thus II has
como 20 pass, s. u never was IN the
time OF Constantine The Great, that
The Cross "a anew the symbol OF
conquest No mole Significant
phonomenon has accompanied the
Intellectual. political and social up
heaval 81 the past tvo years than
the ernergence 81 tNis sense Of vi
cartousness The great nations have
been forced 20 :ysnounce their self
lsh ambitions and 20 accept a pro
gram OF aitru!sm The dominant
Craftsmanship Of the 6ay proclsims
unselhsh service as its creed. The
supreme obligation 81 nations Is 10
serve the world. Not selfishnees
ou, righteousness and truth and
Brotherhood are now the syuwed
goAls OF governments.
We almost rub our eyes at this;
yet the change Is clear 10 every
reader of the daily papers. President
Wilson has stAked the case OF his
administration upon this platform
Great Britain declares 10 the world.
through her highest responsible
ministers, that che accepts as her
mission the stewardship OF civil!Ea-
ufN sa.A
into a new mood Of idealism. The
noblsst Interpretation OF Gernany's
mission Is none other than world
service At whatever cost--eyen the
terrible tell Of war--a nation and an
individual must live for others.
The Cross has come 20 its own
State papers are echoing the teach
lng OF the Book OF the Revelation.
which pictures the Slain Lamb IN
the midst cf the throne. There can
be no sovereignty apart from sacrt-
Zee The royal road leads over Col
gotha. for civilization We now per
ceive must wear the print OF the
Nails
TNe Long, Long Advance.
For Is centuries princes and var
riors have been proud 20 wear the
Cross as their emblem. Only now.
however. is Il Being craven on the
hearts OF nations. We do not yet
fully understand the change which
has come 10 pass. The outlines Of
the cross on goverum ent policies
are as yet faint; but they are grow
ing c,earer daily The highes,
OF the hour pro
pounds a program OF sacFihciAl ser
vice Even 4 nation NAV walk the
way q The Cross. although that
truth is still "t,olishness" 10 the
short sighted aud the woTIG1y-mtnd.
ed II Is none the less conqueTing
our generation. a. surely as Calyary
IL ruling the world
Too little IS made n religious 1T
erature AID discussion OF these con
guests OF The Cross IN tire realm OF
thought and diplomacy. No, all who
participate in them understand the
full significance OF the process. II
IL difficult 20 realize The long, long
way the world has come IN two
yearE-wtth the bayoce, Of war
prodtlng "a forward IN veritahlc
Garden Of Gethsemane civilization
has been forced 20 learn the su-
preme lesson Of life: which il that
life flowers into beauty and power
only when & IL offered up IN service
and In sacrifice This is tire Of mil.
lions Of men IN The trenches: even
more msrvelogsly Il 4 true u great
nations We should not fairly study
this SUNDAY school lesson Of the
Cross without realizing this sublime
truth
Strong Neat for Young Christian.
This first % three lessons from
Paurs letter 20 the Cor1nth lan
church strikes at the REQ, OF his
preaching and philosophy. Even 20
these new believers freshly out OF
beathendom. with all It's enervating
selfshaes-. sordidness and sensual.
Ii'y. re dared proclaim The way OF
the Cross as the law 81 life. quote
/ the passage assiT d
For TIE preaching Of me cross
Is 10 them thai perish foolishnessi
bat unto - which ara saved Il 10
the power Of God For It f. written.
will destroy the wisd0n OF the
wise. and will bring 20 rothing the
understanding % the prudent
Where is the wisef where is the
scribe9 whore "a The disputer u this
world7 hath not Ccd made foolish
the wisdom OF this vorid1 For after
that In the wisdom % God the world
by wisdom knew not God, IL pleased
God By the foolishness of preach.
ing to save them that believe, For
the Jews require a sign, and the
Greeks seek after wisdom. But We
preach Christ erucifed, unto ths
Jews a stumbling block, ard untD
the Greeks foolishnesI Tut unto
them which arc called, both Jews
and Greeks. Christ the power Of
God, and the wisdom OF God. b.
cause the foolishneas OF God Is vic
or than men, and the weakness o.
God Is stronger than men. FOR ~.
see your calling, brethren, how thu,
not many wise men after the fest
not many mighty, not many noble,
ars called, But God hath chosen
the foolish things OF the word