Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-07
RALLY DAY OBSERVED BY
LOS ANGELES FELLOWSHIP

Yesterday was rally day by the Los
Angeles Fellowship. Indications of in
creaseu vigor in all departments were
manifested in this already exceedingly
vigorous organization.
and Young Women's lyceums met at $3.50.
At II o'clock a great audience gathered
in Blanchard hall.
In the evening the first of the regular
evening services was held.
There were announcements of meetings
of the various Fellowship organizations
for every day in the week, and on some
days more than one, including the autumn
Fellowship dinner, which will be held
Wednesday evening.
In the morning Mr. Mills spoke on THE
Fellowship and the New Era" He said
in part:
"The progress of the world is marked
by striking features of its epoches.
Politically, humanity has come
through anarchy, despotism, limited
monarchy and the republic to the larger
vision of the government literally of the
people, by the people and for the people;
and in the intercourse Of nations we have
developed from various forms Of selfish
strife to a free intercourse and tendency
to arbitration and federation that leads
us to hope for the organization of hu-
manity in the parliament Of man, the
federation of the world.
'In tie economic realm the world has
grown from the time when men killed
one another for hunger or for greed,
through slavery and feudalism to the
present system of interdependent indus
try and commerce, on toward the de-
yelopment of more complete co-opera-
ton.
Lines Disappearing
"In social relations of the more In
dividual sort the lines of caste In the
old world and the new are melting away,
individuals are becoming more and more
valued by their abilities, their achieve
ments and their disposition. Society is
organizing itself as practical express
sion of compassion and sympathy in or
Ger that the strong may bear the infirmi-
ties of the weak, and universal brother
hood is becoming something more than
an iridescent dream. Man Is even ex-
tending his sympathy to his brother
animals.
1--WE are developing new education
which recognizes the capacities OF the
individual and tries to develop what Is in
him on the basis of the divinity of every
man.
'sIn the religious realm the old re-
ligions of superstition, of fear, of despot-
ism and OF opinion are everywhere
crumbling, so that it is not in our own
land but practically in all lands that we
see the old ecclesiasticisms broken up
and that men are demanding religion
of faith in God. which shall be faith in
all men and all things, which shall be
fitted to become universal, which shall
satisfy the demands of science, be in
accord with the highest reasoning of
philosophy the deepest craving of the
heart and furnish aspiration and inspira-
tion for the practical, personal and So
cial life. The coming religion will be
religion OF trust and love-
"By the new spiritual era we mean
that the time has come for us to realize
who and what we are; that we are spirit
uaI beings. living in and parts of a spir-
itual universe; that is an expression of
the one great reality-Spirit-that gene
rates, encloses and permeates and orders
our whole life This, which has been
perceived and partially realized by single
great souls in various ages, and which
cannot be fully realized by any until
realized by all, is now the inspiration OF
the most promising modern form OF re-
ligion.
I'VE do not claim that the people of the
Fellowship are perfect, either individually
or collectively, but we do assert that
whatever the coming religion will be 1t
will be like the Los Angeles Fellowship
IN its basis and theory. The Fellowship
has no hampering traditions, no dog
matte limitations, no authoritative autoc-
racy and it has. made no serious blun-
ders in its brief history. 1t seems to
MANY of us that it presents the one form
of religion that is most appropriate to
be the carrier of the new spiritual in
sight and impulse, because it is the pre-
sanitation OF the eternal principles or llfe
and translation Of them into rules OF con-
duct ad the application of them to every
department of human living, according
to modern knowledge and development.
It Is an association In the spirit on the
basis of a general perception OF the prln-
ciples of life, general agreement as to
what they are and the will to apply them
everywhere.
Uflity and Divinity
'rrhe nature of life is unity and di-
vinity of all life, and these great words
that are crying for more complete ex-
preston, of democracy in the political
world of federation among the nations,
of cooperation in economics. of brother
hood in society, of sympathy with the
more intelligent expressions OF nature lare
all summed up in our great word, Eel
lowship. and can be practically expressed
as we endeavor to carry out our pro-
gram.
''Let us aim at nothing less than the
creation of the new world, and believe
l am speaking within the limitations of
reason when I say that. this religious ap-
peal which we make today is the great
est ever made in the history OF humanity.
We have nothing for which to apologize;
we have only to be true to our name and
our principles"
Several scores of men and women
came forward TO be received into the
organization by the beautiful ceremony
of welcome that has been recently ar
ranged by the minister.