The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-14
In the Religious World
AN ATTEMPT TO LYNCH The PREACHER.


Jesus There is power in the I'M.
adorned tale Of what Christ has done
for the race. even as there was pow
er in the story OF what Christ had
dona for Paul. After fair consid-
Grafton OF this lesson, Eohody eau
disparage tho importance OF the
meetings for testimony by Chris
tians.
A Called" Man.
The speaker had reached that
point IN his story where he was ar.
guing' With the Lord--yes. even
Paul. ike the rest of us. thought he
knew better than his Master--that
h. should stay In Jerusalem and tes-
tify. and Jesus had replied, GO; |
will send You as an apps tie to ma
Tons lar away That was TOO much.
Tho master of mobs had held this
ore silent under the spell OF his
words. lut at the intimat!on that
salvation was for others than the
Jews, they let out roar OF disap'
prevail
That ended the speech To the
crowd /. seemed a blaEphCmous anti
climax. that such JeW As Saul
had shown himself TO be- should be
sent 10 the Gentilcs with prefer OF
Good News which belonged only to
ihe jews Away with such e fell
low from the earth He ought not
To be allowed To live" only deat1
coulG atone for such aDos;aty. Such
was The littleress and higotry of the
crowd They baj as iIt,le use for
foreign missions a ldany a man to-
day.
A furious uproar followed. The
multitude worked Itself ~ into a
frenzy. Dignined Ccc!esisstics. ia
their rich borJer"d robes, shouted as
eIcitedly "a the street loafcrs.
Clo,hv1 were tErcwn !H'o the air.
The fanatics gathered duet and
tossed il aott, ia symbolism All
wa iurore and excitement and no
words were distingushahie. vc. the
pusposc Of al was plain--tSc 'yHch-
ting OF the rcaeLadc Jew
Whcr The Tribg.c Elurderea
One 81 tho s,upiG proverbs OF the
milscriminatiEg lr. Who're there Il
20 much mok acre must D., s,uo
fire. What world OF harm thst
saying has wroTeh; The Roman
tribune. Who ougLt to have been
more Judicious, va az the sort wi.D
excused his own lazy and unJu-t a1-
tion under such q plea. After hur
riedly drawing Pan into the citadel
out Of the rcaCh If the mcnacing
mob. lie decided - find out b. aos
ging iuSt what he prisoners cri!.o
had beoI For Vt course. with all
these men saying 40 10 must h-
criminal 81. he innocent whom
They say" has slain What ca.
rserS have been wrecked by accUmI-
lAtiye gossip. s. hat regulations have
been blasted what homes have been
made miserable what lcaIts have
"tNA OhtA WV bpPHiI II HtN
also "voy Del" II Is n often "vox
diabilo.' Democracy Is one thing
and mob law another
So. ITO the post With the prison.
err" erica the tri,une. After all, he
was a prisoner. wiich was a priori
evidence against h'm Despite tho
great works OF Hugo and Dickens,
and a Thousand rcformorH since. the
lot OF the prisoner Is only now bc-
ing humanized The church is be-
ginning TO understand tn import OF
the words OF Christ. Il wa In prison
and ye visited me
a Citizen with Sounk.
Now citizenship IS sacred thing
though one would not eupposc go
from observing the conduct ~ many
good men on election day Paul was
Roman ciiizon. he prize1 that priv.
ilege 10 aid not feel that he had
surrends red any OF lis rights az n
man and n citizen by beiur a Chris.
tan iGinistor His far sighted nss
perceived. what many modern on