The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-16
in the Religious World
A STATESMAN ON HIS KNEES.

racy In our own beloved laud
There "internatiohaNsts,r who do
NOT understand what loyalty means.
and who wrought such hurt I'm Rus
STA. arc usually OF the same group
who do not believe In marriage for
example. but in free love, nor in
property rights bar Boa commun m.
I'm which everybody viii get and no.
body viii give or sacrifice. In short,
sentiment without SENSE. like love
without loyalty. is capable of more
harm than good no international.
ISL was Nehemiah. bat a passion
ate patriot. and God blessed him in
o..
Some Things That Have Passed.
I'm the BACKGROUND OF this roman
tic oriental story We see Tie Per
sian monarch. despot All uf Sc
homiahs ambition was dependent
humanity speaking upon The viii of
king ! ann writing this Lesson
while sailing down the Nolga whose
waters flow 20 the shores OF Nehc.
miah's Persia. whittier also am
bound. and an about me ! have
been seeing FOR weeks past the
tokens of what one mans power
could do n needed the fall of the
car ami of the Russian autOcracv
no make clear what absolute power
means Don the church as in the
state, one weak man $ word WAS su
prcme ont of this grew the evils
that now affict Russia. but the
present ferment is more 10 be de-
sired than the apparent smoothness
OF The old order
Jerusalem the city for which Ne.
hcmiah prayed, stood FOR The oppo-
site thing n was The mother OF
dcmoCracics The first real 3cmoc.
RAGS wa. among the Jews They
nill come TO power once more In
thc Land ~ Promise II az all by
the principle of democracy. that u.s..
ty Che votes OF The people of Paies.
cine after ihc Jews have settled in
the Holy Land IN sufficient numbers
to give them control Of the situa-
ton n Is unth.nkable that The Sy
risns who have lived on the land
ton thousands Of years. should be
possessed against their viii even
20 make way FOR Zionism There -
A. NrtaX,rXcs on earth today 20 ac-
WWpiIsh hy decree. as az old The
-reIt de lrt OF the Jew which
uWu In so many myriad breasts
Soul Photographs On Faces.
Sometimes ! have wished @ con
duo "A woman column In q great
newspaper. for The one and singular
purpose ol saying over and over
aeair 20 young women by an Nh,
liEar,ity OF forms that I could com
mand this fundamental tr3fh ihaf
tho soll phoiogrIpi fif W0U H"
laDc. There lSvpo coe akr
beautiful and unselash thouglts AS
woman fhinketh Boa her hCart $50
She on her face * SOU arc love
III within God will lcf Hs angels
to work a painting that loveliness
IN y0ur gcs and on your lips and
checks This BIS an eternal law
Would tha an - MS might learn %
before 10 b, too late
By that ASH Nchemiah's spirit
bowed .t-vl upon his features II
Won pray had. your face viii show
o. II you s0 petty and selfish and
suspicious AMI mean. that. too, viii
show upon yWr face as plainly
an automobile advertisement Tn e
newspaper Lies dominant desires
cannot bc hid n had to.haye the
face of many 4 millionaire. alone
ei th his money ! would prefer to
DO without the money Nchcmiahs
soHcrnde for Jerusalem was ar
parent 90 The kins upon his throne
Thereby his prayer was answered
some OF us haze never wanted
any th~E in the wurld so greatly as.
Nehemiah wanted he restoration ~
Jerusalem such are 10 be- pitied
They have merely wanted good
times. and automobiles and nmmer
trips and The qualification az whims
and $50 they have never really lived
When va want any great boom ear
nestly. then We think oi il always in
prayer fashion Millions OF mothers
are thinking Coward thoughts OF
lheir sons today and sweeihearts
dream prayers OF lovers. because OF
tho dangers oi battle and camp No
great soul can refrain from pmyinc
In time of lofty desire An oui best
aspirations are inextricably bound
up with thoughts Of God ~ we
soc sad faced Nehemiah staining
before thc Persian monarch, We are
admonishcd 10 let all our troublci hc
b. ones 20 least OF Jerusalem tze