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


monument erected by his family
The soldier makes and unmakes
the map OF the world at Will and
empires tremble at the glance Or his
eye. he, too, may do divine work,
but he dies and clowns handy his
name across the foOtlights.
The scholar concentrates the os.
sence OF his life in a book that soon
grow yellow In the dingy corner OF
a library He may be- a faithful ser.
want OF high ideals, but he dies and
only a few students remember him
and enjoy the results Of his labors,
but Jesus actually lives the moral
law and serves His generation, for
getting Himself In the immortality
and We turn 10 Him for spiritual
authority as naturally a. flower
turns toward the sun or lily lifts
It's Immaculate lips TO be kissed by
The sunshine and the dew.
Beauty may please us, truth may
strengthen us. but goodness com
mands us A genius charms us, a
philosopher instruCts rs, but saint
feeds us Art makes the world A.
tractiye. learning enriches the mind
and dignifies life, but religion regen
crates the soul
christs Spiritual Genius.
But the fact that Jesus Was "a
spiritual genius Is not an adequate
explanation OF the unique interest his
coming TO Detroit would arouse.
There have been other spiritual
gcniuscs who incarnated the good
and the great, but the grip which
Jesus has upon the hearts and con
sciences OF men is different from all
these
Aristotle WAS a genius. but his in
nuence is scholastic He influences
the form Of mans thought.
"Mohammed was genius, but his
influence Il disciplinary He drives
men into new habits.
Coufucius was a genius, but his
influence Is didactic He simply
teaches men formal plan az con
duct as a teacher might teach geo
metry.
"Buddha was genius, but hts in
huence is exemplary only He tells
us to illustrate the attitude OF self
forgetfulness.
Did the name Of Jesus mean No
more than the memory Of a spiritual
genius who died some centuries ago
We could imprison Hts influence in a
word dixie scholastic, disciplinary
didactic or exemplary, but lie does
more than all this
He puts Us into a compromising
with great NE HIS name stands
for p tender intimacy Of fellow -hi
which no other name In history does
MIR Froude has made an extended
comparison between Jesus and
Caesar Caesar crystallizcd into IN
situations Of government theory OF
statecraft. which made Rome the
dominant force In that generation
and pushed humanity forward In
the march 81 progress He stamped
his genius upon tho life OF his timc
and TO this day I'm our political and
economic life We feel he influence
OF the Roman law developed under
his inspiration
The ghost Of Caesar still stalks In
the council cham bers Of Europe. but
no priestly order like the Jesuits has
made Caesar their master. His mem
DRY has produced no churches and
mo crceds 80 philosopher has found
in him a key 10 the riddles Of lfc
and death His name Is not chanted
In vaul,od cathedrals nor fingered
over by the peasant in his cottage
nor lisped BY little children Now
LAY me
Could Compare Jesus
II could draw comparisons between
the influence Of Jesus and the inhu.
ence OF every great character in hu.
man history, just as Mr. Froude has
with the name OF Caesar, and II did
would but add evidence Of the arEu.
ment YOU are ready 10 admit. that the