The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-27

Tuesday Evening Sermon.
Mr. Sunday preached a. the Tues
day evening meeting from the text
in Psalm CXLlG. A. NO man cared
for my soul" lie said
Life and nature seem 20 be made
up largely OF contrast Midnight.
mid-noon summer, winter. heat,
cold; hills, valleys famine, plenty
rain, drouth, sickness. health vice
and virtue walk the street JOY and
SORROW look from The same window
/ the hearse follows quickly after the
| bridal procession the funeral dlrge
| Is heard mingling with the wedding
march, tears follow laughter All
| lives are more or less OF a contrast,
! But no life, no history. sacred or
| profane, 10 me presents larger mum
Der than that of David, the author
| 81 nay Psalm and text
II ana first introduced 10 him when
a shepherd lad. when he horded his
/ fathers noCks when samuel was
sent OF God 10 anOnt him king of
| Israel The next vision catch Of
| David is that he has thrown The
shepherd crook on the ground picked
up the crown, climbing up and sat
| down on the throne and -waycd a
scepter instead OF a shepherds crook.
The next vision | have of David IS
! that he has become sinner lie
! forgot God. 20 whom ne was indebted,
! and trailed and dragged his name In
/ Nth then. by crying unto God who
granted him pardon, he became Il
saint lie was also poet Of no
! mean ability He was a musician.
\ too. and charmed King Saul IN his
| melancholy moods He was war
| rior, and led the hosts Of God 10
victory. His SON. AbSalom, had re-
| belled Saul, jealous Of his popular
! fly ard success, sought 10 kill him.
! and chased him from the mountains
like a partridge, and David went
| from pillar TO post. and at last took
refuge I'm the cave OF Eugedi Then
| II was that the words Of my text
were wrung from his heart. L looked
| on my right hand. and beheld. but
there was no man that would know
me refuge failed me. no man cared
for my soul.
Strange Words IN Modern Sense,
1T seems strange 10 me that any
man. at any period Of the worlds his
| tory, should be compelled 10 use
words like .hese. and that such words
| should be the honest expression Of
| the lack OF interest manifest toward
I him BY those wtfonf-he- knew and
with whom he came In contact, but II
is more than passing strange 20 me
that any man In your day and mine,
with such opportunities 10 know God,
/ -. fy.A 40 hn hos
his knowledge OF Christianity and
he has seen that bigOtry and super
| stition have been swept aside and
we stand on foundation OF common
| sense i say Il does seem 20 me stag
gering and sstoundingly strange that
any man could use words like these,
and that they would be the honest
expression OF the lack Of interest
manifest toward him by those who
profess 70 love and know the Lord.
| And yet II Is true,
! Did you ever stop 10 think Of the
great concern which is manifest for
| people in times OF physical distress
| ct the CRY OF child be heard and
we will drop our money, we will turn
| from the counter, we viii stop dis
cussing politics or talking religion
we will forget our differences OF
creed and color and will rush TO the
| aid Of the helpless whose cry has
| called us.
Look at the way we responded 10
the cry OF Europe, We were the
first nation 10 send money and food
and clothing TO the starving Bel
gians. and we're all proud we're
Americans because We do things like
that. Yet we let men and women go
10 holl and never use our lips TO stop
| them.
1T is a solemn thought when II