The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-03-13

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world lilEsr TO the place that Christ
means u to be. II used 70 be the Gus
tom - measure a mans religion by
mere attendance upon religious ssrv-
ices; now We demand that he shall
b dotAG religious service. He may
n,osU probably. at times, attend a
political meeting than q prayer serv.
ics. Let ~ face candidly the fact
that the church holds aioof frorn SO
cial service Only AZ her peril: for n
II her function TO vitaiixe all good
wor1S.
nig words are sometimes used In
ANAL fAshion. Later. NO grow up 10
them Thus. We have freely talked
about -ths world" With no such con
ception Of what tbs term involves
90 10 now ours since We have matri~>
ulatsd In he great school OF the
var. A We have all Of us learned
gsograuny, and other lessons, IN the
war dispatches. and have grown into
some measure o. appreciation OF the
vsstnsss Of this great human family
OF which We are member, some OF
ns have been taking thought OF the
hitherto unnoticed fact that Jesus
had 20 much TO rsy about "the
world" He thought In world terms.
Nothing that He said or did was In
the language OF provtncialism. Not
undsrvtood az the time, or for many
centuries afterwari, II 10 clear that
Jesus ussd the word world" with
the precedence OF onsniscience.
Nothing good exists anywhere
that II not ultimately TO come 20
pass everywhere. Because temper.
ance principles were enacted into
radical laws In the United States,
Russia prohibited vodhn. and every
ether one OF the warning nations
took somewhat similar measures.
We have come to the day OF world
ism. The Light OF the World has
arisen for the entire race. Missions
and reform are now seen To be one.
There is no darkness OF any sort so
dense or remote that Il win not be-
driven out by that Light which light
eth every man that cometh into the
world. Today q Temperance lesson
In also a lesson In cosmopolitanlsm.
The slaves and the Free.
A friend OF mine In Japan, a vet.
eran missionary, was one day con,
Quoting service In the back coun-
try. when a man took him aside
mysteriously. and whispered, Hon
orable Foreigner. do you not know
that II L. against the law TO teach
Christianity. and that one who does
20 may lose his lifeT" Whereupon
my friend informed the rustic tina,
those old laws had been aboliahed
many years before. and that In ali
Japan any man was free TO speak
and write as he pleased upon any
religion.
Then the Japanese confessed that
he belonged TO family which had
been Christian three hundred years
before, and that the secret had hecu
handed down from father 10 son for
all these generations, and that he
had been secretly worshippinx the
God OF the Christians. He had miss.
ed the news Of the emperor's procla-
nation. long years before, and knew
nothing OF the hundreds OF hidden
Christians. like himself, who had
come out into open fellowship. one
OF the most romantic episodes In
missionary history. Now he had sud
denly LEANED the truth. and the
truth had made him free. There Is
no real emancipation except by the
progress OF truth. No word OF the
Master has been oftener OF more
brilliantly exemplihec than this one.
I'VE shall know the truth. and the
truth shall make you free"
After the Spanish. American war
Court Of Honor was erected In
Philadelphia. and those words were
inscribed upon the triumphal arch.
IL was a truth which had fried the
Cubans. II is the truth OF Christ
which makes a man free from Ae
curse Of strong drink. We hear a
great deal about personal liberty"
IN connection with this liquor ques-
ton; here In the real personal lib
orty: "Ye shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free"
No phase 10 commoner in connec.
ton with the liquor question than
the one. a slave OF drink" That IN
but the putting into a concrete prov
orb the utterance OF our Lord.
Every one that committeth sin IN
the slave OF sin" The figure il a
strong one. Sinners are slaves.
They are no longer their own mas.
ters; they have fallen into involun-
tary servitude. The lash OF 4 task.
master is on their backs. They who
have seen the agony OF a drug fiend
deprived OF his drug. or OF drum
ard seeking drink. have glimpsed
the horrors OF this slavery. The
wise old Scriptures declare tina; the
pleasures OF sin are only for a sea
SON" After that come the agonies,
and the chains that eat into the
spirit. woald that the eternal truth
could be branded In letters OF Arc
npon the brain OF every young per.
son, that sin. which seems but A
toy. 10 an enslavensent. and that in
the days TO come II win restrain the