Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-30
JUSTICE LEAGUE
WILL BE STRONG
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| and was important for that reason, but
for no other.
1--WE must learn to express citizen
ship in terms of the moral and spir-
/ itual," he said, warming up to his
/ theme. UNLESS we do so we never
will reach good citizenship" He de-
clared that looking at a fine building
| or park or structure the natural ques-
/ ton was as to its cost, not as to the
! moral and spiritual force it repre-
| sented.
THE greatest danger in this coun-
! try is in the growth of material pow
| err" he declared. We're in the habit
| of expressing everything in terms of
/ material value. Even our congress is
| in the hands of men who go there TO
serve these great, special, material in
1 terests."
Sciences Are Worshiped
] He declared that every science was
worshiped today as a sort of god, until
the world was almost saturated with
a new polytheism, and the things OF
science were not regarded as useful in
struuentalities, as they should be, but
as verities.
top of good citizenship on any gold or
silver wings that physical science can
fashion for you" he said, with deep
earnestness. THE thing for us to do is
to realize that we are moral and spirit
ual beings Good citizenship means
morality and a rational, strong deVel-
opment What does it matter what a
man gets into his brain, If he is not
man in every sense of the word? There
is nothing vainer than this thing called
knowledge unless it is used as an in
strumentality to make us better citl-
zens. Four-fifths of our lives are made
up of conduct and unless we have men
who recognize their moral responsibility
to their fellow man We never will have
good citizenship.
Men deal with each other, not as
though they were spiritual things. but
as though they were material things
justas though they were as material
as the things about which they are
quarreing. We hear lot of talk about
labor disputes. There would be no dis
putes if employer and employee regard
ed each other as moral and spiritual
beings instead of material things
Gives Views on Labor
you frequently hear of some man
giong into the market to buy labor.
Great God! Talk about buying human
souls like you would talk about buying
sugar or salt or pork. If the laborlng
man will first consider the excellence or
his work and then what he can get
for it, and the employer Will consider
the laborer as something more than a
material thing, more than a mere COM
modify. and think of his moral and
sniritnal worth to the community, the
labor question will pass away. You
may call this preaching. That's what
it is.
"What we need today is a great deal
more of Christ injected into our daily
affairs. We need the spirit Of abnega-
tion. sacrifice and service, and less OF
selfishness, avarice and greed. Unless
we inject Christ more into our clVlilza-
ton that civilization viii perish. we
must serve each other and the city In
which we live if we would nave our
affairs well ordered.
.cIUl,en Won neglect your civic duty
Won run away from your own souls.
Persist in doing right and insist on ths
other fellow doing likewise. DO II an
the time. Spurts don't count for much.
If YOU do your whole duty you VIII oe
persistent in season and out or season
in doing right, and you will build well.
Your citv's growth. it's character at
home and abroad. it's health, physician
and moral, it's progress and prosperity,
will reflect your effort and you will
be a thousand times blessed.
I'VE should strive to make ourselves
individually as good as we can ana
thus raise our city as high as we can
intoxicating in the youth of our day
the same principles so they in turn
will lift it higher, and each generation
doing its part. time shall see all men
in the full enjoyment of their natural
rights"
Several hundred membership cards
were signed at the meeting and the
Los Angeles branch, when formally or
ganized, will start out with probably
more than 300 members. The league
is non partisan and there are no dues.
The following persons comprise the
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