The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1949-11-26

Christ which can see him
through the destruction that
wasteth al MONDAY" and the
temptations TO relax his striy-
ing>. Only thus can he make
his life a steady, empowered
witness for God in Christ.
A life of deviation keeps a man
steady and firm, willing and
prompt IN obedience to the will
OF God IN Christ. II gives the
church the assurance that here
IS man that can be counted on
Here is a man with abidance-
permanence
One who is more than a good
man, but deyout man as well.
For II Is the promptness and
willingness with which a man
obeys the will Of God in Christ
that marks the difference be-
tween the churchman who is
merely good man and the
churchman who is also devout.
The quality that devoted men
can bring TO the life Of the church
and the service Of God in Christ
through the church is a present
need which cannot be emphasized
too much. The urgency Of this
need is challenge 10 the men
of the church to-
Give heart and mind and soul
and strength 70 serve the King
Of Kings
Christian Family Men
The church needs men VINO are
heads OF families For It's purpose
includes the home and lis pro-
efom involves the family Much
Of what the church strives to do
with communities and with the
world is hes, Begin and carried
on IN families
II IS not uncommon TO find men
IN the church who are challenged
only bv that part Of the churchs
program which is specifically re-
lated 20 the community These
men Me often more interested
10 d social gospel than in any
other KIND OF preaching This IS
understandable. For men are
daily confronted with the prob
lem Of earning a livelihood for
their families and themselves.
They know The hard, and some
times. evil facts OF the daily
round
They ale interested in politics
and labor because they are relat-
ed 70 bread as much as to any
thing else. They arc interested
in community improvements be-
cause ,hcv are related to the
welfare Of their homes and fanni-
lies
The interest that church men
take in such matters is certain
~ justified. But what Is not
iuStifable is their interest IN
these matters TO the exclusion
Of the other legitimate and
urgent concerns the church has,
such as the problem of personal
Christian living. the enrich
ment of its own life, and its
missionary enterprise.
When men are interested IN
the economic and civic life solely
ou, of concern for their own vel
fire and that OF their families
they are only confronted with an
economic and social problem.
When mans interest IN the
community has reached the d.
mcnsions Of a truly Christian
concern ne then becomes respon-
sible 10 God in Christ for the
welfare of others. Thus what IN
q more personal content con-
fronts him as an economic ana
social problem now reveals ~
.elf 10 him a. spiritual prop
lem 49, a problem which iails
within the province Of the churcn
and becomes vital Christian
concern.
Men with this kind OF com
munity -mindedness recognize
The value and the relevance OF
the whole gospel, not simply
SOCIAL but personal gospel
and the renewal Of the lie OF
the church and its message ana
program of personal salvation
70 the world becomes OF hign-
est moment to them. For they
will then see the root Of the
economic and social problem IN
The will Of man, in his atu-
,udes and in the disposition OF
his shirt. Such men are assets
70 the church in its advance
ment of the Kingdom OF God
on earth.
CHRISTIAN World minded Men
The church needs men who are
committed to the task 70 making
,Sn world Christian through
vieorous evangelism. Evangelism
.