Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-14
PROF. GRAHAM TAYLOR SAYS
EACH NEEDS THE OTHER
SETTLEMENT WORKER SPEAKS
Crosse In the Life 10 The Hard One
to Bear-Honesty In
Business ls
Needed

long in charge of the Chicago Com
mons, one Of the pioneer social settle
ments Of the country, one Of the best
known settlement workers in the
United States, made stirring address
Yesterday afternoon at Bethlehem In
stitutional church on Religion and
Democracy" The fatherhood Of God
and the brotherhood of man were the
inner themes throughout the address.
Prof. Taylor brought the settlement
work in all it's grandeur Of purpose and
sacrifices before the large assemblage
in the church parlors.
Yesterday morning Prof Taylor spoke
at the First Congregational church on
"The Social Incarnation" and last
evening at the First Methodist church
on "The Problem Of Power" This
morning at 10 o'clock he will address
the Congregational ministers at the
First Congrega tional church on Move
ments Affecting Religious Conditions in
Great Cities" This evening he will
address the Socialists on Self Con-
sciousness and Social Consciousness"
Tomorrow afternoon he will speak at
the Venice assembly and in the even
ing will be rendered a reception at the
First Congregational church by the
College settlement, Brownson House
(Catholic), and Bethlehem Settlement
associations. The young women work
ers of the Brownson House association
attended the service yesterday after
noon in a body. The address there was
the most characteristic Of the several
talks made by Mr.. Taylor. In part he
said:
Religion and Democracy
Religion has to have democracy in
order to succeed and democracy has to
have religion in order to succeed. Why
is it the bad men win out at politics?
They are not in it for their health, they
stay at it every day in the year. The
reformers are at it about two weeks
before election and they don't think of
politics between elections. You have
to stay in the game all the time. I
don't believe our country will ever be
saved unless great many men put
religion into their business.
TT is easy to put cross on the
church steeple or wear 1t on the watch
chain or necklace, but to wear it in the
life costs. To sing Throw Out the Life
Line is all right, but it is a different
thing to hold 1t when it is Shiny and
knee deep in the mud. 1t Is not only
for Dana Bartlett and his family to do
this work, but we should all stand
back of him and help our brother men,"
"Sometimes we think religion is some
thing apart from life and the common
peoples life. Man is a religious animal
and he will have some kind of religion.
Religion is something we quarrel over,
but don't think we would so much If
we understood each other.
I'm the Mohammedam religion it is
the one man to the one God-none of
any ones else business. In Jesus
Christ's teaching religion did not mean
only the one man to the one God, but
to every man. Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart and
Thou shalt love thy neighbor,' are
Christ's ideas of the relationships of
man. Christ said: You cannot love
God more than you love your fellow
men,.
Il think the church needs to be more
of fraternity. 1 want to join broth
erhood that is inclusive and not to
keep folks out. That is the great idea,
the fatherhood of God, brotherhood Of
man and the Freemasonry of the race
A convict once said he would rather
belong to an ex-convicts' church than
an ex-converts' church. If the golden
rule went into effect tonight in Chicago
it wouldn't be the same place tomorrow.
Where Do You Draw a Liner
you don't treat your mother on a
business basis. Then, where in heavens
name are you to draw the line? Most
people leave religion out of business
and we find great corporations guilty
of breaking the most sacred trusts.
One of the greatest barriers of religion
today is that 1t is not allowed to get
into the economic field.
There was st. Francis. God bless
him! He wanted to be a little brother
of the poor. He struck a note of real
ity in religion that brought the fold
back to Christ. This Pacific coast is
lined with names Of saints who 'did It |
TO the least OF these
Until we get rid OF the idea that
politics is a spoil to be divided, our
are at our mercy. Peo-
Pile are being born under adverse con-
ditions that foredoom ana foredamn
them faster than they can be reborn.
The good men entering politics in our
ward in Chicago has been good thing.
They are afraid to put up bad men. II
religion is good in the political feld,
30 1t In business, in the long run. II
doesn't pay to steal. 1t hurts business
III around. The Equitable has nearly
oaralyzed all insurance business.