The Detroit times., 1916-02-05
Evangelist Takes Hot
Fling At Present Ad-
ministratiOn
SAYS PEOPLE
ARE MONEY MAD
Sunday Will Be Moth
ers' Day in West Side
Tabernacle

If you men voters in Detroit
don't start cleaning house you Will
have one OF The rottenest cities In
the country. In all my travels I
have never been In a city whore the
people seemed to have less conf
dence In the officials they elected to
serve them.
1T makes me tired to see coward
ly people complain about the way
civil affairs are conducted, and then
do nothing.
III you could know the thoughts
that were in the minds OF the dirty
disreputable politicians tonight you
would get up on your hind legs and
do something et the next election.
Why you wouldn't trust the gang
enough to build bridge to Belle
Isle"
These were some Of the state
ments flung at the city administra-
tion of Detroit by the Rev. Eli J..
Fordsythe at the meeting In West
Side tabernacle before large
crowd. Friday night His subject
was THE rich fool"
"The realm OF thought is tho
only thing In all the world In which
the people have perfect freedom"
said DR.. Forsythe. I'VE talk about
freedom and the land OF the free
and all the rest, but we can't say
what we want 10 or do the things we
would like TO. Now there are a lot
Of you people who get mad over
the things | say, but you would be
just sizzling IL you knew what
thought about you. You can let
your mind run over to the battle
fields of Europe or right up to the
throne of God.
"All sin starts In thought the
devils workshop is an idle mind. II
we could read the thoughts OF 9TH
ers We could prevent large part Of
the evils OF this world. Probably
tonight, smooth, suave and disreput-
able politicians are meeting In some
fine room. figuring how they can
sell you out. How is 1t that the peo-
pie of the church will link up with
some low-down saloonkeeper at cleo
tion time? Because they never stop
to ask the fitness of candidates, but
simply stick TO party lines.
Detroit is a beautiful city and
one in which | would like to live
always. But | never saw a city
where the people were so crazy over
money as in Detroit. You
are getting rich too fast The work
for God Is hindered here, and yet
you have thousands and millions of
dollars.
THE reason some men remain
poor Is because God thinks more of
their souls than they do themselves.
He would rather have you remain
poor and see you in glory land.
What do you suppose God thinks OF
your little $40 or $40 that you give
TO the church every year, when all
you own in the world you owe to
God Almighty.
you don't know how TO spend
money when you have 1t. but want
TO praise one Detroit manufacturer.
who regulates the pay OF his men
according to ;he intelligence shown
in spending IL.
Some of you men are going
straight to hell because Of your
greed for money, and some of you
women are headed for the same
place because OF your greed for
pleasure"
Mothers day will he celebrated In
the tabernacle. Sunday afternoon,
and an immense crowd Is looked for
In announcing his subject DR.. For
sythe said:
Now want all you men to bring
your mothers. II she doesn't live
here, write her q letter or call her
up on the long distance. Sunday we
must pay special respect to our
mothers. expect TO have my own
dear mother here with me at tina,
service"