The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-10-04

influence OF Jesus Ia different from
he influence OF every other charaC-
ter In history. IN that ~ is per.
sonal ana Intimate influence
Christianity has always been per
sonal religion
Jesus WAS no organizer. like Gaze
sar or Mohammed. Hr formulated no
plans He founded no ecclesiastical
system. He mustered no armies, drill
I'd no emissaTies He instituted no
social or religious machinery there
was no framework. or scBffolding 70
His kingdom He taught no school
He wrote no books. He did not seem
10 90 Out OF Ills way TO preserve IN
written form His teachings.
Ills beatitudcs and His parallels
seemed like precious seeds scattered
with prodigal hand over the un.
fenced fields OF humanity. and yet
without an army. without litera-
lure, He has become the central tg
ure OF all civilizations OF all the cen.
turtles
Let me Try 20 describe the unique
appeal OF Jesus
Whenever men look At Christ
they feel themselves under obligation
20 have reproduced IN themselves Va,
character He expresses
This moral compulsion Is inde
structlble Men may dent the his
torical Christ or the metaphysical
| Christ and leave only the ideal. ant
they have still 10 reckon with a pow
or OF the first magnitude The Christ
OF human experience survives men''
doubts of the Christ OF history anC
still under the name OF Jesus some
thing calls out 90 our spiritual capac
| tiles 10 awake
The very name makes us dissat
ished with evil In spite Of our love
| for H. II shamcs u out Of pettIness
into largeness, out Of sin into saliva
/ ton, out OF vice into purity
mo man can read the fragmentary
description OF Jesus In the New Tes
lament without feeling laid upon hin
an obligation 10 surrender his little
and ignoble life 10 Him for a III,
! that is lived more abundantly
"The power OF Jesus lies I'm the
I fact that He can so infuse Himself
into every mans life that surrender.
~ Him az lord that n is i'm
pos bic for any man 10 be his Who'll,
self without making Him the master
/ of his life.
Christ so completely represents
/ the perfection Of character that vol
cannot escape Christ without ceasinl
| 10 be your best self
When Royalty Comes.
II Christ came 70 this city wher
royalty enters the city, the city puts
7 on fits holiday attire but the mos
Imomeutous day in the history OF any
[ city II the day when Jesus Chris
gives II special visitation Of His
power and presence.
some OF the most painful pages
Iof history are those recording tho
attitude cities took toward Him wher
! lie visited them
+ From Ills birth 10 His death, with
! the exception OF brief period o.
publicity. He was received coldly anc
often in the most hostile manner by
| the towns which He honored by Hit
presence The day when Jesus was
In town was day when the people
had a chance 20 write history, bu
they chrOnicled their foolishness anC
shame and brutality by the way they
treated Him.
IT Christ came 70 this city. do yoJ
'hink lie would be received differ
cntly2
Il would like 10 think that He
would bur ! am not so sure. dc
nor believe YOU would have TO &C
outside OF this city To find people
who would vote 10 cruelty Him II lie
should enter this city today.
Whether or not you would be
glad 20 welcome Him is an invariable
index 10 your character. He is al
wavs welcome where all is we'll
There is line OF Scripture which
reads as follows,
And when Herod the king heard
it,. he was troubled "
Men who had been living like
Itcrod are always troubled when they
Lear that Jesus is in the neighbor
'1od Jesus is in the way Of Herod
Jesus is i'm the way OF the adulterer
thu 'Mef the libertine and the op.
prr-sor
Would the presence OF Jesus give
,Du peace and strength or would n
worry YOU? II II would worry you,
YOU may know that YOU are living IN