The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-19
Ebert Hubbard
Sarasota SUM-

s iiuppdru, our friend, OF
o inspiration, our preceptor, our grea
, teacher, has gone down a sacrifice I
, the Great God of War. OF all tb
; victims, however famous, who hav
gone to their death, none will leay
SO great a chasm in the world a
this great intellect. We have eniov
ed the supreme pleasure of his hos
pltality at East Aurora, the home O
the Roycrofters, and he has bee,
Kind enough to accept our humbl,
hospitality in North Dakota. He ha.
written kind things of us in tn.
Philistine, full of friendly intimacy
We remember his first sentence or
the subject: "Rube Allyn has hal,
like horses tail" OF all the men
we have ever known no man has
ever appealed to us like Ebert Hub.
bard, and his terrible death has
been great shock. Head, Hand and
Heart is the watchword of the Row
crofters. and this great trinity con-
stitutes all things worth while He
, was the greatest living writer. A
hundred essays would not suffice to
! indicate his personality. Once upon
time he violated the postal laws.
and upon the advice of his ATTORNEY
pleaded guilty and paid a fine. His
last act before leaving this country
aboard the Inflated Lusitania was
to obtain a pardon from President
Wilson and have his citizenship re-
stored, his conviction having de-
prived him of his citizenship. thus
enabling him to obtain a passport
which he needed not, for the Jour-
ney he went on was eternal. Good
bye, teacher, friend, brother.
Following is his creed. written
many years ago:
! believe in the motherhood of
God.
l believe in the blessed Trinity of
Father, Mother and Child.
l believe that God is here. and
that we are as near Him now as
ever we shall be. l do not believe he
started this world agoing and went
away and left it to run itself.
1 believe in the sacredness of the
human body, the transient dwelling
place Of living soul, and SO l deem
it the duty of every man and every |
woman to keep his or her body beau
tiful through right thinking and
right living.
l believe that the love of man for
and the love of woman for
man, is holy; and that this love in
all its promptings is as much an
of the Divine Spirit as
mans love for God, or the most dar-
ng hazards of the human mind.
l believe in salvation through
economic, social and spiritual free
lom.
| believe John Ruskin, William
iorris. Henry Thoreau, Walt Whit
nan and Leo Tolstoy to be prophets S
4 God, who should rank in mental {
each and spiritual insight with {
Elijah. Hosea, Ezekiel and Isaiah. II
| believe that men are inspired to- \
ay as much as ever men were.
believe We are now living in
ternity as much as ever we shall
4 believe that the best way to
repare for Future Life is to live
ne day at a time, and do the work Z
gu can do the best, doing it as we'll 7
J You can. r;
| believe we should remember the a
'eek-day. to keep it holy. 81
lbelieve Their is no dvil but fear. al
l believe no one can harm you but HI
,urself a.
| believe in my own divinity-and W
'urs. b.
| believe that We are all sons of W
ID .and it doth not yet appear what nj
; shall be.
I believe the only way we can
ach the Kingdom of Heaven is to
We the Kingdom of Heaven in our y
arts. "
believe in freedom-sociaI,
'nomic. domestic, political, mental.
ritual.
believe in every man minding g
own business.
believe in sunshine, fresh air, 70,
calm sleep, beautiful
,ughts.
believe in the paradox of success a.,
ugh failure. -