"Spiritual Discoveries" was written by John Lovejoy Elliott, the second Leader of the New York Society for Ethical Culture.  Elliott was devoted to social justice and social service work, notably developing the Hudson Guild , a settlement house in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.

Philosophical Foundations of Ethical Culture 
David Sprintzen's address to the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010

Foundations of Ethical Culture: Ethical Culture History
Dr. Howard Radest
http://www.nysec.org/2009/10/22/radest-foundations-ec-history/

Sustainable Living and Ethical Culture
Bart Worden
New York Society for Ethical Culture Sunday Address
January 24, 2010
http://www.nysec.org/2010/01/24/worden-sustainable-living-and-ethical-cu...

Reclaiming Ethical Culture Spirituality
Anne Klaeysen, Leader, NY Society for Ethical Culture. 
Anne gives us a guided meditation for the opening words of this Platform. She shares on the distinctive niche Ethical Culture fills in the world. You can find her talk on the website of the Ethical Society of Northern Westchester (in NY) (http://www.esnw.org/Main.html). You can then select Listen to ESNW Lectures in the left-hand column and find Anne's talk on that page.

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John Lovejoy Elliott 

Spiritual Discoveries 

In the beginning of this piece John Lovejoy Elliott tells us, "My ultimate faith in the Ethical Movement and my hope for the future of religion in this world are founded on my associations with living men and women."

I don't know what year Elliott wrote that in, but I'm guessing it was before 1933 when Felix Adler died. My ultimate faith in the Ethical Movement and my hope for the future of Ethical Culture certainly are founded on my associations with living men and women, including you who are reading this. Yet I am happy that we have ancestors to call on, to study, to provoke our own thoughts and actions.

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