New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
MIS-. BES1NT TALKS ABOUT DEAIH.

49, .rnENCE THAT FILLS CHICKERlNG HALL
LISTENS TO HER WITH CLOSE ATTENTION
rnose who went to ChiCkering Hall last evening !"
- "a an address on "Death-and After" by N's
..n,. Besant the famous lecturer and lheosop"i'"
hu ,or,,,nate They were treated to an aduleSs
mcb in every way was masterpiece CIV" W
na. z o'clock Mrs Besant stepped upon the stage
md began her lecture. She was not introduce" nv
sd she announce her subject As soon dS s'o
nnred mon the stage she applauded oS u,e
,srro audience that occupied every seat IN inc Nii
r, was not the usual sort of applause,
While the people applauded by cappins 'hei' n'u -
the sound was not Of the louu az" ,- -,
or less boisterous kind produced BY 'he ci'pp'"e
hands The sound I'm itself was nhpioN' 49,,
coined as though every hand was gloved WI .
pesant spoke for over an hour, ana DURING h."'i!
~ that time a pin would have been hearu IL II
rsre dropped so silent every one enc was
onplauded three or four times during her "uu'
when her hearers appauded theS were Ioi'
An 60 not on account Of what she salu' o"' oVO"'e
=, the way In which she said things. Every emouoh
a.. she felt was expressed in her face. Her listeners
rore at all times in the same mood as she nap
naned 10 be IN They could not help themselves.
Cha smoke without notes, and never repeated hersc
- bedtated for a word. There was not one person
IN the audience II is safe TO say, VINO uu MOI
psen with the greatest attention TO every word she
uttered When she had finished speaking ana iiau iei'
,ho sare IL WAS several seconds before tic PeOPlo
o,,zad that she had ended her address. Part OF
cha, she said follows: Death is choice reheI
t,on the burden Of the flesh. Yet public opinion
makes death the cause OF mourning and @ source Oh
to- IN the living. There should be no rear oi
death Take the popular division OF man-body' soul
and shirt A slight understanding OF the meaning
., those terms would remove all fear OF death Death
,s Int the gateway 10 mighuer freedom Lie
docs not end with death. In death you nave NE
With great activity; not human life, of course Out
tho lives that made up the human life are all SCI
,,oe and can do whatever they choose.
aWho can do than speculate on worlds De-
,ond the tomb? II man were brute. we would have
certainty. not faith and hope. The great evh Ill
church creed is that authority is substituted ior
knowledge and faith for study II Theosoply De
worth ANYTHING at ALL 1t is because 1t tries 10 sho"
man his own nature. BY study you may gam Il
knowledge OF any science and in the same way the
natent searcher will be rewarded by a knowledge o.
the SOUL l do not pretend TO give you cut and drec
dogma but merely offer some facts which
have learned and which have verified
Non must do your own work. a lecturer
duty Is not to do work. but to show now ~ Is 10 "
done. ! can show you where TO get hhoNleusr'
buf cannot get & for yOu you must eeI II lor YOUR
self Theosophy says that regions beyond death 10TH
a country that can be explored by those who VII
Death Is simply constantly recurring nterluoe III nc
In life there Is such thing as death' IL, y.
Mrs Besant then went on to describe her lueH "
the stoces gone through after death she Will denver
a lecture ut Cdckering Hall tomorrow eVsmns ol
IIvpnotism and Mesmeri,m In the Light OF 1h'OSo
phy.'