Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-28

| to her whose empty tenement we sur
round. But in Theoeophy, my friends
there are no dividing lines OF mere &C.
| quaintance. There is universal broth.
erhood, and we feel that che is one oil
that mighty host of friends whose name
is humanity.
Our beloved friend still lives. Per.
haps nearer than ever before to US. She
has passed from the limitations of the
flesh. When we can reach out from
this prison house of ours and come into
touch with the glorious soul world, we
than ever before.
woman in her sweet, clear voice, "that
Theosophy gives no comfort to troubled
lives. If you mean the comfort which
comes from fables which we tell to our
little children, it may be so.> But
Theosophy gives us the power to rise
above sorrow and pain"
Al the speaker said this her glance
rested for moment on white dove
with outspread wings which was placed
upon one of the baskets of flowers rest
ing on the coffin.
I'VE know that we can accept sorrow
lovingly. Out of sorrow comes the day.
PAIN and pleasure are simply limita-
tions. When we rice to the grandeur oi
the spirit, then pain and sorrow can no
more afflict us. See, our friend and
mother and sister is living still. The
pulse of life is in the soul. The world
could not progress did not death come
and lift us to q grander and more glori-
GUS life. The soul of our friend has
only changed. its environment. Shall
that tenement which once held the
beautiful soul of this unselfish woman
become the source of corruption. No,
that which was sanctided by the soul
shall be committed to the agency of the
elements to return to the bosom OF
the universal mother, there to form
other beautiful elements. So through
all eternity those atoms will retain the
impress thereon made. The coloring
will be there, and the thought, if I can
80 express myself, when in the great
cycle of eternity that soul manifests
itself on earth again, it will again be
the center of work and life. May those
atoms again form tenement worthy of
the SOUL"
The speaker read little poem by
Edwin Arnold, to impress her thought
still more. 1t is that beautiful imagery
entitled "After Death in Arabia" Then
she concluded by saying that love is i'm
mortal and eternal. These brought to-
gether once by the tie which knits soul
to soul will always be one, and in the
great future will come together again.
In that knowledge she would say fare
we'll TO her friend, who was still with
her in glory unspeakable.
After another song the casket was
removed to the crematory, only the
most intimate friends being admitted
to the furnace room with Mr.. Bowman.
Presently the sliding door of the room
was thrown open, and, forming q circle,
the Theosophists recited in q solemn
chant the following words:
I take my refuge in thy name and theeI
take my refuge in thy law of Good!
1 take my refuge in thy order Omi
The dew IL on the Lotus! Rise, great SUM-
And lift my leaf and mix me with the wave
Om manipadme hum, the sunrise comesl
The dewdrop slips into the shining sea!
A glimpse into the white heat of the
chamber wherein rested the remains Of
the deceased, short time after they
had been placed there, showed shape
less mass which was fast dissolving into
the little handful of ashes which were
soon all that remained