The Detroit times., 1916-08-01
In the Religious w ORD
The GREATEST THING IN THG WORLD

/ ciety 20 p. Interested IN War sui
+ fcrers so ambitious social Ssp.r
/ ants do NO, hesitate 10 cloak their
own miscrJ.., aad selfish llttle de
signs ben, tta III, awful sIrer.ngs
I ~ fhe hungry and homeless and
I agar, broken Relief WORK =
sham,lessly used 10 promote puo.
Ugty for ones self and projects.
one wonders II there II ans th,ns
? ore horrible and .nhuman on the
battlefield than this spirit OF selfish
exploration. Ths, person is IA.
'eres,ed' in cause or need
means little In these sophisticated
days
have personal Know ledge o. a
prospe -ous woman who Is more In
,erested' In foreign missions taaU
In any Nther subject. She talks the
theme and rea,.s missionary msgs
zines and books and attends all 'Ae
missionary r'eetings within reach
Recently she wen, 20 missionSvy
meeting in her automobile-aud
then the offering WAS taken she pH'
IN a dime. and asked for I'VE cents
change
How far. Tar removed al his Is
from the owe way Though / be
STOW all nv goods 20 feed the poor
and though I give my body 10 be
burned and have not love. it profit
eth me nothing Love "seeketh not
her own For this Love is nothing
Jess than ne life ot God in the heart
of mantle divine lite which OK
pressed i's trusst nature on . cross
Seli-forgetung. selfspeEd.ng Love.
hich suffers and veeps with all
who suffer and weep, Love with the
broken heart, alone can meet the
emergency which has cvertaken ha-
mauity In our time The world
wounds can only be healed oy a love
great enough 20 De synonymous with
Coo Il : OF more than mere
pathological interest that the Greek
word which Paul employs through
out this chapter is the same word.
"Agape" which John uses when
be wants a synonym for the Inf
mite. and cries God - love
The Secret o. Beauty.
One OF Drummond's Illustrations
is OF the girl whose beautiful char
acter vas the wonder and delight OF
all her friends The secret vas re
yesled at her death by a locke,
which she wore over her heart con
tanning the words. Whom. not hav-
ing seen. love" This love for
Christ and love from Christ and
love Of Christ, which is the divine
quality that Paul apolheosizes. l.
the most winsome OF all the srJr.-
butes OF character Il changes lives
Even the face is ranshgured The
world has never invented a COS.
metic like love.
The eommonest substitute for il
is cleverness To be clever. We rea.
son is to be admired But clever
ness and cynieism are 80 frequently
synonymous Clever folk are
often cruel and selfish. and they are
feared "a much as they are envied
Love, however. is the mother gift
u begets affection Everybody loves
the loving man or woman. who even
- loving toward The shallow. the
selfish and the near heather.
Suspicion which is A sign OF so
phistication writes hard and ugly
lines on the face and on the life
bul love. which "Thinketh no evil.
MAKES calm and serene copnte.
nance= and spirits
Self'ntereSi is a. changeful "a
weathervane and The society when
exists for the qualification Of iys
own impulses and desires Il afflicted
pitl q plague of divorces Loye
IN human relationships spells loyal
y. for love never faileth Instead
o. , weak aud silly and sensual
-eniim Htalfv which fees with i,s
thime to 'Gs divorce court love
'aHds steady end strong. and grows
5ri-Efes very day
The Maas.on e. Many Rooms
The acidtr b. boldly applied 10
'ose by PAIL he il not afraid o.
comparison Selecting the greatest
Efis known 70 rhe church. he lays
love alongside OF each ~ them and
shows its supe riority. The gifts Of
tongues. which seemed Ike spe-
cial seal of divine favor. il mere
changing noise without love. The
teaching gift. with its prophetic ele.
ment, which made man leader
in rhe church. f. nothing without
love Even faith without love. b.
vain. Philanthropy too, with all ia
benefcence. and 'he distinction that
attached thereto. T. emptiness With.
0ut love Even the gift OF martyr
dom 20 highly esteemed by the
early church. is prof'iess without
love These arc daring compari-
sons bu' the Apostle does not best
tate 20 make 'hem.
Like mansion Of many room
the house 81 love a. described by
Paul has many chambers each spa
cious and beautiful Re enumerste-
- ~ these aspects Of love
Love suffers long
Is Kind
Enyies not
Il pof hCautFtt1