Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-05
.ELBERT HUBBARD
ANSWERS CRITICS
SAYS VIEWS ON LOVE HAVE
BEEN Misunderstood
Praises the Work of 3. Fay Mills but
Takes Exception to Evangel-
lists Plan of Midnight
Crusade

Gilbert Hubbard, known to the faith
full as Fra Elbertus," editor of the
Philistine, and recently made particu-
larly famous in Los Angeles by the
cancellation of his lecture contract by
against him and his views by the min
listers of the city, arrived in the city
yesterday and is staying at the Hin
man. Mr.. Hubbard will lecture here
Monday evening under the management
of Blanchard & Venter.
Mr.. Hubbard did not express any Bit
terness against the Y. M. c. A. for re-
fusing to stand sponsor for him, nor
against the ministers whose stand
caused that institution to cancel its
connection with his lecture.
II do not blame them" said Mr.. Hub
bard, for they do not understand me
and they do not understand what 1 am
doing.
Il am trying to teach people to be
self-reliant and self-respecting. 1 be-
lieve in the gospel of work. in evolu-
tion through the exercise of the three
H's-the head, hand and heart. There
is no happiness outside of work. Blessed
is that man who is proud of his work.
I'm my factory employ the so-called
plain, the so-called .uneducated and the
so-called unfortunate. I employ women
no one else would employ and set them
to work in beautiful, congenial sur
roundings. 1 never inquire into their
past and they never have to confess
their sins
THE man whose past is continually be
fore him has most of his future behind
Forget your past, whether good or bad.
Ais good in the end. All's Gods
world.
THE preachers who condemn me,
find. are those who do not know me
and do not know what 1 am doing.
There is nothing finer than to keep
your promises, pay your debts, do your
work and not add to the burdens of
other people. The only way to help is
to give them an opportunity to help
themselves. That is what I am trying
to do"
Disapproves of ReviVaIs
Questioned regarding the evangelistic
campaign which is at present alive in
Los Angeles. Fra Albertus' said:
Il don't believe in the gospel of eff
fervescence. I don't believe in the
waiving of the curfew law on Friday
nights, and especially children should
be home in bed-and grown-ups, also.
Otherwise they will not be good tenn
pered the next day. The pendulum
swings as far this way as it does that,
and even spiritual debauch has to be
paid for with frazzled nerves.
"Exhileration and physic intoxica-
ton that does nothing but ground the
wire does not help the cause of civili-
zation.
THE whirling dervish up to date is
no improvement on the whirling der
wish of the seventeenth century. In At
ganistan such performance as was
carried on here Friday night would be
regarded by us as a queer and foolish
rite of misguided religion.
when one goes to a college town
and hears the boys bowling through
the streets at night he is persuaded
that the entire college is given up to
this sort Of thing. But only a few
people in Los Angeles are making all
this noise The quiet, sensible folk
who do their work and hold their peace
are not in evidence"
Praise for 3. Fay Mills
For one preacher in Los Angeles
Mr.. Hubbard found only words of the
highest praise. He had only compli-
ments for Rev. b. Fay Mills.
''Mr Mills he said. "has spoken
for us in the Roycroft shop in East
Aurora, and l have for him the high
est regard He is one Of the kindest,
gentlest, noblest men on earth. He is
separated from fetch. And the world
will never be wholly civilized until we
have religion that does not incor-
porate superstition and a barbaric be-
lief in miracles.
mills believes in a here and now,
and IL all men will believe and will
live as he does we will have heaven
here, His religion is religion of COM
mon sense, of faithfulness, loyalty,
good win and unselhshness. and be-
yond these things there is no higher
wisdom.
Il congratulate Los Angeles on hav-
ing this sane healthy and excellent
man as citizen, but, in fact, you do
not own him; he belongs 10 the world.
He Is nearly universal