Show If tS I NOV NEAR AT HAND HANDt ND t J f Progress in Moral and Spiritual I R Wo Ul Worlds Seen By Los 1 Angeles Optimist VON fON ON THRESHOLD OF NEW ERA j i 4 t t a i Benjamin B. B Fay F Fa ay Mills MIll I s Talks T a Ik s 1 to large rge Audiences in Tabernacle Taber- Taber r 1 r f d nacle e an and Theater Theaters j a ii k X MILLS I 5 We Ve are arc now on the threshold of one I 1 of t the e c gr grut t of or the hu- hu 1 Jr man rac race I. I Tho The three great gleat generalizations of or law B and unity of science lenc are arc progress 1 t t and love All arc aro v r- r religion faith the th same and together the they arc aro the Ii r gr great nt trinity In unity of ot tho the world All law Is fulfilled In tho word k c Thou sh love t 1 i- i t f I I have no sympathy with tho those c who teach teath us that advance In the tho physical f J world orld has no sl significance In tho the spirit spirit- i to t ual u-nl worldMan world worM Man Ian Is but entering Into his king king- dom The Thc world Is moving forward not but morally and spir only physically 1 1 1 h I 1 come to this city with the message r of ot good willI will I I remember there was vas a Q time when then r- r the saloon and the tho house of ot prostitution Uon tion were unknown here until the Genthe Gentile Gentile Gen Gen- tile the came I 1 I look for tho the time when you ou will wll Vii make snake this city renowned as a a. place pineo In In fa which tho people live In peace pence with one another I 1 am an nn optimist of ot tho optimists The pessimist Is an Infidel and tho the only infidel that counts w The stream of ot human progress runs toward ft n. universal religion of ot trust and love which are tho hurt heart of ot Chris Chrls- S 'S There was never nc a 0 time In tho history his his- history tory of man when love lo was so near Its own as now Wo We are aro on tho the threshold of ot a n newS new S stage of or evolution when nhen tho unseen l world will be visible to the eyes of ot the seer seer In religion It will give man In Intelligent Int InI In- In t t I operation co with the unseen wo world d J. 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I A proponent of ot the belief belle In th the tho o ultimate f 1 unity of the universe that Bon Benjamin amin r Fay ay Mills proclaimed himself to an r audience of f fully tully persons at the they y Tabernacle yesterday afternoon an and 1 inthe In Inthe th the evening c addressed l another large audience at the Salt Lal Lake e theater 1 The Tho Tabernacle was filled as It Is S S seldom filled except at conference when the Los Angeles preacher took his place on the stand There Thero were r- r few vacant places In tho the downstairs IR part of bl tho house and several were t seated In the tho gallery galler Tho The choir was I there thero In almost full force and the tho mu mu- sic rend rendered was proportionately beau beau- This Is ono of or the great I of ot the human race said Mr Mills Mill Millas as ho started his address Thero Thelo groat seed Beed sowing and harvest est times In the development or the progress pro of or humanity Thero aro also the tho winter times Umes We WI have been passing through a winter period and we ar are now approaching approaching ap ap- a A. great spiritual epoch tho the greatest of ot Its kind 1 I believe In buman hu human human hu- hu man history Wo We have been living In an era of ot marvelous In Intellectual discovery er Man Manto to today knows more a 0 thousand times more about the universe unI than he over ever knew before Ho knows knot tho world almost from Cram polo to pole Better Delter still sUll I he ho knows now how to discover Science Science Science ence has taught him that It St Is a 0 wondrous wondrous wondrous won won- drous world but It St Is not wonderful any longer Rod GlUt In In Ir Sure There aro three great generalizations which science has mado made in this era of or discovery cry Ono Is the generali generali- generalization of f law Wo We have come to 10 learn that God Is reliable and that God od In Nature Is la always sure The second great generalization Is that of or progress It means ultimately th the tho growth of man In power to live o a divine lne life ono one that Is perfectly satis satis- factory Tho third generalization Is that of ot unit unity Man discovered tho the clement element helIon bet hel- Ion In the sun and then In the tho earth Science tells us that all aU substance Is Isor of or two forms torms matter mattor and force forca And It tells us further that all substance Is at bottom one Hero then wo have tho the great trinity In unity that all science has como to embrace And scientists tell us that tha thero there can be but three facts In a reasonable reasonable rea rea- religion and these three aro are one There Thero are aro faith In the tho laws of the universe hope In Its pro progress ress and love 10 lovein in Its unit unity And all faith and all law lawall all hope and all pro progress are fulfilled In the word U Thou love lin line lime e Alliances We UWe havo have made matte advances not only In but In tho the application of ot power thus gained Man lan Is making of or I Ithe the world more an nn Instrument Instrument Instrument ment and a carrier of human Ideas I havo have no sympathy with those who teach us that tho physical advance aneo a of I mankind has Ims no DO sl significance In the spiritual spiritual spir spir- world Man ran is Is but entering Into 4 his kingdom dom He Ile has mind whIch makes him master In all nil things s. s And nd tho the veil between tho the world of matter matterand matterand and md the world of ot force Is exceedingly thin Scientists oven even more than soi so- so i called Christian Scientists tell us this All the tho while we begin to Q p alize lIze more an and 1 more that truth Is not to toda today today to- to da day nor yesterday but for tor all aU time and ind all eternity Man fan I Is standing therefore on the threshold 1 of a larger theology Wo t have ha but come Into our kingdom The t world flows with light It Is daybreak everywhere e o For the world Is moving forward o not only on I physically but morally morn and c spiritually The people of at this age c t twill will compare 01 morally oral with the people 1 of or an any time Education is spreading eThis o e This Is the marvelous l day Ja of or the tho child tho marvelous day x Of f tho the enfranchisement enfranchise enfranchise- e ment mont of ot woman of ot tolerance among amonS' re re- re Tho The religions lons have havo not 3 yet t arrived arrived ar nr- t rived at a n unity of ot opinion but they arc nr ar t dose close to a unity of tho the spI spirit lt of practical practical religion u uI I come to this city city- ctt a message of ot the lar largest est good will This Is a n country countr of ot vast wealth and of or vaster promise I would like to see seo It noted for tor the unity of tho the people I believe belle that hour has hns com como come oJ bellevo be be- tho the hour has como come for tor tho the lawn aside aBide of all nIl prejudices of or the tho petty pett tenets on w which opinions may differ and for tho practice of or tho the Sermon on the Mount If Ir wo differ in opinion let us lay differences aside There Is so much that all the churches havin have hav r in common In loIn all tho the cities clUes the churches churches- ar are agreed that the tho liquor traffic should b be b. abolished that houses housos of prostitution should not exist I remember there was a n. time when they unknown In Utah Utah until until tho the Gentiles came When Whon you make malte this city renowned as a place In which the people live a at peace with one another when nhen potty petty cavilling ca Is laid aside asMe when tho the Mor Mor- Morman Mormon mon man and the Jew and ana the tho Catholic and tho the Protestant Join In tho the work In which they can Join when they carry carryon I on the tho creed to which the founders o othis ot of this groat great denomination by whose courtesy courtesy cour cour- tesy we meet here lent their support then all nta may pray tho prayer Thy 1 kingdom como come Thy will bo be done un an I am an optimist of ot tho optimists I r glory glor in It IL The pessimist is an In Infidel Infidel In- In fidel and the tho only infidel that really counts Tho The moral world Is forging ahead so fast that we havo have to keep on the therun therun therun run to keep up uJ with Its process esl The stream of human n progress runs toward a universal religion of ot trust trus an and 1 love which are aro tho heart of oC Christianity Christianity Christianity Chris Chris- Instead 1 of ot tho petty pett sectional sectional- sectionalism ism which has torn asunder tho the world of religion In the past There has never nover been a Q time sinco since the tho making of ot man when love was so near its own on And as In the moral so we wo are aro on tho the threshold of ot an nn era ern of progress pros inthe In Inthe the the- spiritual world The uThe present forms torms of life are not adequate to express tho tune modern spirit Man fan has hag to work out the problems of what shall make effective hIs Ills discovery of or tho the solidarity of or tho the human race A now no Industrial system tem wIll ill bo be among the tho reforms to be mod made Therefore I say sa we wo aro are on the eve evo or of f a new now spiritual era when w wr WI shall realize what It means to pray Thy kingdom come Thy will be done It was announced that Mr Mills will speak in Barrett Darrett h hall ll every evening this week with the exception of Saturday evening SERMON ox MOUNT r icy CO U. U ray Mill Shows N Seven UH It Might He Be Done In An Address to the World dell ere re by Rev nev Benjamin Fay Mills dulls at tho halt alt Lat Lako o theater last evening Mr r. r Mills HIls opened with the reiteration of ot othe he ho Idea Mea that thai the world Is on the of or great things We Ye have arrived arrive ho said at one ono onel f l' those supreme moments when anId anId an in inId Id world orld passes away and a n new now world omes Into existence And I so desire desireo o assist in the tho birth of this new spir- spir ual era ern that I utter this confession f C faith and hope and love There Is but One and that One Ono Is Iser I er where There Is but One of ot whom horn hom ty y whom and to whom are arc all one ODe origin ono one life lite one desIn des des- InyThe In InyThe Iny The creation and evolution of oC the Is a 0 sort of ot dream which the thereat treat Great Soul i Is b enacting Out of or the I and least developed consciousness conscious conscious- i ness ess of ot tho remotest atom comes tho it Ichor herOO a iou r isa of i ot ri pi IT r ht 1st aid I ej CY ySl hat 1 hat t tl conscious j. j or th ot i hita b id l rond yond that the consciousness of the linking choosing aspiring aspIrins and ng figr man Mah Ian Iah Is not a Go God 1 in ruins but aGod n a God Sod oll In embryo embro So far as he Is self self- he is God conscious he knows mows that ho came from God and Is going to God and he thus comes to I wisdom and pow power r un until UI he I realizes that all things are given into j I his han hands s. s His one ono hope of or Individual growth I and ultimate freedom and his one ono possibility possibility pos pos- of or divine divIno service lie He In fn tho the development do of ot the this consciousness of ot the ono one reality and the Identification of ot himself and all that is with tho the universal ersal life lire When he can trul truly SI say S- sayI I and my Father are aro one he ho will willbe willbe be a Christ Until then the way of oC salvation for him consists In the endeavor endeavor en en- deavor or to exercise absolute trust as tho the fixed attitude of oC the mind and ond perfect perfect per per- love 13 as tho the unvarying practice of the life All knowledge must come to man through nature or tho the world outside of or man through experience or tho the contact contact contact con con- tact with circumstances conditions and events or from Crom the tho Intuitions of ot his own soul Let him absolutely trust oil all those these as expressive of ot tho the divine will and in lp this non resistant non or absolutely ab ab- trustful experience ho lie will wIn realize tho the unity and omnipresence of or God Ho is thus destined to break l through Into higher higher- and ana higher stage of or evo ovo- lution A rHal UcIl The uThe Sermon on tho the Mount O Is a n. universal universal universal uni uni- versal teaching appropriate to an any re relI religion religion re- re lI ligion lon man now knows The Tho Golden Buie is a 0 universal precept of universal sal application I appeal to mankind to begin to practice what It professes to believe Flat First let us recognize the universal kinship The Thc man who truly trub- gives his love to nature shall meet with a n. certain certain certain tain and Immediate response Second 1 let us make real tho the universal universal uni uni- versal brotherhood of man min The Tho barrier barrier barrier bar bar- rier builder Is the tho worlds world's enemy The unifier of or humanity will bo be tho worl worlds world's s 's deliverer Third let ui us organize the tho world The rhe nation must give Ivo place to tho the in In- In ter-nation ter as tho the family rushes to become tho the tribe and tho the tribe to found the nation The men who nho cry for more battleships battleships battle battle- ships more fortifications more powerful powerful pow POW- erful Instruments of death nn and 1 larger lar-cr armies are aro born after their time and belong to tho Clio coming day no more than th troglodytes or We Wa must abolish war star ar by arbitration and abolish arbitration by universal broth broth- for Democracy Fourth the tho world an 1 their various lesser political divisions await the tho application of or this principle In Inho inthe ho tho extension of practical democracy to all forms of political affiliation The remedy for the tho evils of or democracy Is Ismore moro more democracy Fifth Tho Tito season Is overdue forthe for or orthe the he substitution of operation co for or competition In th the economic world Theland The Theand Theland land and must be by those who will wm use it for human welfare and Industry industry Indus- Indus try ry and commerce must bo be reorganized on brotherly principles ono one for all alland alland alland and all for one Sixth We Wo are now to organize org our remedial social agencies with power to o re regenerate the less developed brothers brothers brothers broth broth- ers and sisters of ot our kind Ever Everyman Every Everyman man should minister to men less fortunate for for- than he ho as to entranced angels and ind every man In some somo respects Is less fortunate than any other manOur manOur man Our trials of ot criminals should belike beike be like ike the examination of youth enter enter- lug InS ng a n. school or of Or patients Centering enterIng I tho the hospital an and 1 our treatment of I them th m should be bo such sueh that a c. man falling fall fall- I ing- ing ng Into crime would seek the tho court gj Hk as s naturally as a arn q rn rr m t iy nc ac l tl d Q X J 1 m gym J it 1 t r 1 lp ot do o r t y U 6 ill U the ambulance and nd hospital Realize Home Life S Seventh Tho The application of ot these principles to domestic life will cause the family to realize the tho ideal for which the home homo stands in the best thought of the tho race n Let a man cast himself on his dl- dl Impulses and thero thoro abi abide and he shall see seo tho the whole world come round to him This is a new statement of religion which appears to me to make all nIl skepticism skepticIsm skepticism absurd 1 |