The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-08

during the first half Of this century, and
that al social and educational influences
were in opposition 70 the teaching Of the
church. That 80 many remained true to
the taith, in spite ofadyerse circumstances,
can only he attributed 10 q miracle Of
Gods grace.
Tnr modern Don Quixote, John Ruskln,
has been running a tilt against the bishops
of England on the subject Of usury. He
recently challenged these ecclesiastics to
say whether usury was or was not accord
ing to the will Of God, and DR.. Fraser
publishes in the Contemporary ReUielD, O let
ter In reply. DR.. Fraser assumes as an ex-
ample, that he invests G., 900 which he has
saved from his salary in Northwestern 4
per cent debenture stock and that he re-
ceives E40 year for It's use. Who in the
world is he injuring and what wrong is he
doing? Unless money had been invested
in the road by somebody the road
would never have been built-A road
which was absolutely necessary to the
prosperity OF the nation, and one which
gives employment to an immense number
Of men. Mr.. Ruskin replies to the letter
/
reply is described as really ian indictment
against the whole system OF modern socie-
ty." He says 1t may be matter OF pri-
vate opinion how far the s'lucre" derived
by the bishop on the fares and refresh
ments OF the passengers by the North
western is in accordance with the will OF
God, but he adds that the higher class Of
laborers in the Lords vineyard might
with true grace receive from the last unto
the first the reflected instruction so often
given by the first to the last. "Be content
with yeur wages"
ADv1cEs from India, writes Moncure
Conway, show that popular interest and
curiosity are steadily increasing around
Col. olcott, of New York, and Eme Bla-
vatsky, as they proceed with their society
in that country. The sight Of an Ameri-
can in India actively engaged ia reviving,
spiritualizing and interpreting sundry fea-
lures of the primitive religion OF India,
and teaching things that correspond with
the religious fossils imbedded in the Sans
krit strata, Is startling one. Col. 0lcott
and Nine Blavatsky, at last accounts, were
on a theosophic mission in Allahabad.
There our American explained to the more
learned natives the occult sciences Of
Haiti Yoga and Rail Yoga. "Hati Yo-
ga" he said, sis q species OF bodily |
training to develop will power by the SELF
intliction OF physical pain; and Rail Yoga
Is an evolution OF the interior faculties OF |
the soul by the intelligent concentration |
OF the ascetic's vitality and mental force
upon the inner man. Until European
men OF science comprehend the results
that may be achieved by these two sys-
tens, they viii never know the vast pos
sibilities OF the living man." Col. Olcott's
talk seems to have made m impression
upon Keshub Chunder Sen, the Brahma
minister. The organ in which he writes
and which he inspires, the Indi1n Mr.
ror, says that "the scientific spirit OF the
West in eschewing metaphysics, has
excluded all chance Of ascertaining
the vast possibilities OF the living
man. It is left to the creed-bound spirit
ualists TO startle the world with pheno-
mena which they falsely ascribe to super
natural agencies, but which, If the meta.
spirit had been powerful, would
have been so much gain to our knowledge
Of the mind. In India, the cultivation OF
Yoga gave rise to systematic practice OF
the bodily and mental powers in the di-
rection OF the unknown, and facts are
told which are not only wonderful, but
which, If accounted for, would open new
field for investigation to the naturalist
and the philosopher. If Col. 0lcott and
his co-laborers succeed in rendering the
occult sciences once more popular in
Europe, they will earn the thanks OF
every true lover Of knowledge"