Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-26
Calls WHEAT
JOBBERS PIRATES
MINISTER FLAYS GAMBLERS
ON STOCK EXCHANGES
SAYS CAPTAIN KIDD is LESS TO
BE CONDEMNED
ssvvorId Is Laid Under Tribute" De-
cIares Fellowship Speaker IN
Denouncing Pit Manip-
ulators

In prelude TO the first of series OF
addresses on 1.-THE Fellowship Ren-
gion" Yesterday morning, Reynold r.
Fl;eht. minister of the Los Angeles
Fellowship, attacked spectators ana
stock gamblers, comparing the manipu-
lators to pirates. to the advantage OF
the latter. "Embezzlement, despair
and suicide tell the story of the wheat
kings triumph" he said. He spoke IN
part as follows
sTn the jolly old days of Captain
Kidd and his royers, the buccaneers
roamed the seas, flying the black nag
and levying tribute upon nla rllle , oont
MERGE. Woe to the unwary merchant
man that fell into their hands. There
vas something to stir the blood ana
awaken the admiration in those dash
inc tales of piracy. And the merchant
man did have a chance either 10 eluue
the pursuit or defend the ship. Piracy
was no sure thing game. 1t had It's
risks. Always there was posslpl!lty
of a frigate over the horizon.
.sThe pirates of today take no risks
unon the ocean. They enter the wheat
nit. Here under the guise OF legltl-
mate commercial transactlons-tne
change and interchange of commodl-
supply to their own pecunlary adVah-
tage The risks are slight, the excite
ment keen, the profits enormous. But
the victims are not unfortunate Hler-
chantmen, but a helpless world is lald
under tribute. AS the price OF wheat
scars in response to their manlpuIa-
fions the hollow eyes of want grow
DINNER. the blanched cheek of poverty
grows paler the gaunt wolves that
howl around the doorways of the poor
grow holder. :.
soThe speculator's bank account is
swollen with a stream of coppers taken
from the bony hands of hunger ana
the leprous hands of shame Little
children are sacrificed and women are
DESTROYED to make a wheat pit holi-
day. EmbezZlement, despair and sui
eide tell the story of the wheat kings
triumph.
what a comentary upon our modern
civilization! A.,
pirates from the yardarm. What snail
we do with our pirates?"
On Inductive Thought
In his regular address Mr.. Blight
dwelt upon the Importance or the
scientific method. 1.-The greatest dis
covery of the human mind was the
scientific method" he said.
I'm the olden days it was customary TO
formulate theories and gather facts to
prove them. The scientific method
consists of three processes: ObserVa-
tion. hypothesis and verification by
fresh and repeated observation and ex-
periment. In other words, gather the
facts and from them deduce the prin-
ciples The scientific method revolu-
tionized every department of Thought
but worked the profoundest and most
far-reaching changes in the realm OF
10 hn
obsolete and made a new statement OF
religious belief necessary.
"'There is a statement of bellef,
saws Emerson, that makes all skeptl-
cism absurd Such a statement is the
declaration of Micah that all God re-
quires of a man is to do justly, TO love
mercy and to walk humbly,' or the
declaration of James that pure religion
consists of visiting the fatherless and
the widow and keeping oneself unspot-
ted from the world; or above all the
words of Jesus himself that religion
consists in wholehearted love TO God
and love to man. The Fellowship con-
fession of faith is the simple statement
that The Fellowship is an association
for the purpose of encouraging trust
full and unselfish living Our motto is,
What is the loving thing to do?' and
we believe that the answer to this ques-
ton will solve every problem, indi-
vidual and social.
One Obligation
eve lay no other obligation upon
our members; none as to doctrine or
dogma. Every member believes that
which satisfies his reason and con
science upon the great subjects of God,
man, salvation and immortality. But
this concise statement forms a basis
of cooperation that satisfies every re-
quirement of the present day. 1t avoids
speculation and affirms principles. 1t
avoids non-essentials and lays down
the essential propositions.
at is in harmony with the noblest
teachings of the religious leaders of
the race. 1t is in harmony with the
best dicta of science. 1t is in harmony
with the spirit OF the times. 1t Is capa
BILE of eternal application.
''This confession of faith is so simple
that a child can understand, and so
profound that it sounds the deepest
philosophical knowledge. It is concise
yet comprehensive. IT is intensely
practicable, and he who earnestly
strives to live the trustful and unset
fish life will find that he has entered
upon a divine adventure that calls
forth his greatest power. 1t satisfies
the deepest yearnings of the soul"
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