The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-08-01
In the Religious World
TIE GREATEST THING IN TIE WORLD.

/ ciety 70 be interested In war sui
| ferers: so ambitious social aspir-
ants do not hesitate 70 cloak their
own miserable and selfish little de
signs beneath the awful su1erings
OF the hungry and homeless and
heart. broken, Relief work is
,hameiessly used 20 promote pub
lefty for ones sell and projects.
one wonders II there IS anything
gore horrible and inhuman on the
battlefield than this spirit o. selfish
exploitation Tha, person Is -tn-
terested" in cause or need
means little in these sophisticated
days
have personal knowledge OF 4
prosperous woman who Is more in.
! terested" in foreign missions than
in any other subject. She talks the
theme and reaGs missionary maya
zines and books and attends all the
missionary r'eetirgs within reach.
Recently she went 70 a missionary
meeting-in her automobile-and
then the Offering was taken she put
in a dime, and asked for five cents
change,
How far. far removed all this is
from the Love way. Though | be
stow all my goods 20 feed the poor
and though ! give my body TO be
burned, and have not love. Il profit
eth ne nothing" Love "seeketh not
her OWE For this Love IS nothing
less than the life Of God in the heart
Of mantle divine life which eX-
pressed its truest nature on cross.
Selftorgetung. se!f-spending Love
which suffers and weeps with all
who sufer and weep. Love with the
broken heart. alone can meet the
en- Urgency which has overtaken nu.
mainly in our time. The world
wounds can only ~ healed by love
great enough 10 be synonymous WITH
God Il IS OF more than mere
pathological interest that the Greek
word which Paul employs through
out this chapter i the same word.
"Agape." which John uses when
he wants synonym for the Inf
mite. ard cries God Is love
The Secret 81 Beauty.
One OF Drumnonds illustrations
IS OF the girl whose beautiful char.
scter was the wonder and delight OF
all her friends. The secre, was re-
vesled at her death by Iocket
which she wore oyer her heart con-
tanning the words, Whom. not hay.
ing seen. love" This love for
Christ and love from Christ and
love OF Christ. which is the divine
quality that Paul apotheosizes, IS
the most winsome Of all the attri-
butes OF character II changes lives.
Even the face is TRANSPORTED. The
world has never invented a cos
metic like love.
The commonest substitute for II
is cleverness. To be clever, we rea.
son. i 70 be admired But clever.
ness and cynicism are so frequently
synonymous. Clever folk are
often cruel and selfish; and they are
feared as much as they are enyied
Love, however. is the mother gift
II begets affection. Everybody loves
the loving man or woman. who even
Is loving toward the shallow. the
selfish and the near-heathen.
Suspicion, which is a sign OF so
phistication. writes hard and ugly
lines or the face and on the life.
but love, which 'Thinketh no evil"
makes calm and serene counte-
nances and spirits.
Self-interest Is as change,ul as a
weather-vane. and the society which
exists for the qualification OF rs
own impulses and desires is afflicted
with a plague OF divorces. Love
in human relationships spells loyal.
~, for love never faileth." Instead
OF a weak and silly and sensual
sentimentality, which fees with its
whims 10 the divorce court. love
stands steady and strong. and grows
brighter every day.
The Mansion Of Many Rooms
The acid-test IL boldly applied 10
love by Paul He Is not afraid o,
comparisons. Selecting the greatest
gifts known TO the church, he lays
love alongside OF each OF them and
shows It's superiority. The gifts OF
tongues, which seemed Ike a spe-
cial seal OF divine favor. Ia mere
changing noise without love. The
teaching gift. with It's prophetic eIe.
ment. which made a man a leader
In the church, is nothing without
love. Even faith without love. Is
vain. Philanthropy too, with all It's
benefcence. and the distinction that
attached thereto. is emptiness WITH.
out love. Even the gift OF martyr
dom, 30 highly esteemed by the
early church, Is prontless withou,
love. These arc daring eompari.
sons, but the Apostle does not hest.
tate 10 make them.
Like mansion OF many rooms.
the house % love. as described BY
Paul. has many cham bers. each spa.
cious and beautiful He enuneratS-
Is OF these aspects Of love.
Love suffers long.
Is kind.
Envies not.
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