Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30

| happiness is within for the mind to
drink from, once it is turned in in it's
search. Your material possessions can
be snatched away from you, and the
shroud has no pockets to take some of
them in, but your mind and your soul
live even when your body dies, so once
you have discovered this secret treas
ure of treasures that lies within you,
the unbroken happiness that flows from
within, you never can lose 1t, alive or
dead.
1T has been my greatest privilege to
preach to you, souls of this Christian
land, your own Christ Jesus, aye, even
more than 1 preahed my Krishna, for l
came here not to thrust my own re-
ligion andeGod upon you, but to help
you to understand your own God and
your own religion. 1 came to help the
cause of spirituality, not to preach any
particular religion. and If have talked
of Krishna and exposed to you the
truths of the Hindoo Bible, the Vedas
and the Hlndoo PHILOSOPHERS, 1t was
only to illumine the teachings of your
own Christ, to present him before you
in the limelight of the Vedas and with
the X-ray of our scientific PHILOSOPHERS.
Thus, ladies and gentlemen, have tried
to serve the cause of your churches
which affect to despise us as heathens
missionaries to our land to enlighten
our souls with the darkness of conceit
visible within them. Yes, sir, we Hin
docs are heathens, but heathens who
are born Christians, heathens who try
to live Christ's teachings from dawn to
bedtime, through the spiritual prac-
tees we have to perform in daily life.
We are idolators, but we worship idols
of the spirit, and not idols of matter,
a c iC fhn mr. ~ m thp modern
west. Thank God that we have still in
India the aristocracy of spirituality, of
which the spiritual hobos' (the ascot
ics) are the highest and receive the
greatest homage. e.
Bids Farewell to All
And now, generous and warm heart |
ed Americans, before 1 bid you fare
well. I rejoice to tell you that 1 have !
loved you all with all my heart. When |
l was about to leave my country and |
countrymen, wept for being separated |
from them the thought of my leaving |
those of my own blood and going to
strangers in strange lands, crushed my
heart. But now, after five years of So
journ among you and working hard for
your spiritual welfare. 1 have learned
to love you so that my heart is break
ing in twain on the eve of my depart
ure from your land and for the thought
Of separating from you. All this time
1 have practically forgotten my own
and countrymen and have be-
come one of you. In trying to love you
a little / have succeeded in loving you
more than my own people. When left
India was possessed of a love for all
mankind, but my love for you then was
but an intellectual love. But today it
has become a heart love, soul love, a
love that fills my whole being. In part
ing from you l feel as if l am parting
from my nearest and dearest blood re-
lations. What q wonder it is! And
how has this wonder been brought
about? Through the love that you all
have given me. In response to my call
for love most of you have given me
more than have given you. A stranger
in a strange land, 1 have not found
love to be a stranger to me. Why
should 1t be? 1t is a native plant of
every SOIL it is a dweller in every heart,
and If you would knock at the door of
that heart with the right rap, 1t IS
opened unto you at once. Thus have I
been enriched all the more by the love
you all have given me. gift that l ]
will share with my countrymen and
bless you ever for IL.
Hail Columbia! Land Of warm ,
hearted Americans! 1 bless thee for all
thy gifts of love and kindness to me.
But of all spots of Columbia the most
blessed is Southern California, more
warm-hearted than any other part of
the Union; in her center here in Los
Angeles have met the warmest Ameri-
can hearts. Here, of all other places,
my mission has been best understood
and best responded to; from here car e
~ a debt of love which 1 shall never l
be able to repay. I love you, Los An c
gelans, love you all. Los Angeles, of
all places. has made me realize more f
the truth of my own aphorism, inspired
by the grace of my beloved Krlshna,
that though blood Is thicker than wa
.er love is thicker than blood.
Fare thee we'll! 1 bless, bless you, s
bless you ALI"