New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-15
VILLIAM O. JUDGE RETURNS.
HE TALKS OF THE TUEOSoPHIcAL CONVENTION
AND THE GROWTH OF TIE SOCIETY.

HE TALKS OF THE TUEOSoPHICAL CONVENTION
AND THE GROWTH or TIE SOCIETY,"
Auonc tbe messengers who descended from the
,,rg,lank Of the steamship City OF New-iorK on
saturday WAS william Q. Judge. the newiy-eiected
nr..dent OF the Philosophical Society, back rom INC
London convention OF the European seeuoh Oh ''e
society -. A., ,,,ro T., ~,
~ nm much gratined," said Mr.. Judge Ill an
,,.-v,.v, over the result OF the convention. me
ulov.tslv Lodge In London now has four hundred
rhrs a nve-fold increase within three years.
r, c-o,vth ~ the society all over Europe has been
ro,or,,onately gratifying. and some OF our m'esl
acces.Ions in membership are thinkers WIN ""o'
nar.s Furopc IS familiar In Liverpool, Manchester
and urmlpgham while | was there three meetings
, dav were held, all OF which were largely aVenu'u
( delivered some twenty lectures
81 can s,y for Mrs Besant, that there IS no foundn-
, Dor the story printed that she had reoonclled her
differences OF old and had gone back 10 the cnurc"'
She told me she did not consider II worth aenS'hs'
no has delivered over 800 lectures on Theosophy IN
England during the last year and In the f''e Vi su0"
,atinonv a denial would be supcrnuous. MIS-
n..ont l. doing great work at present among inc
factory girls Of London and has also founded DAY
nursery for children which IS entirely free from
sec,,rlan or other distinctions or conditions i. r.
o,Couuor has expressed himself In sympathy WIN
this broad philanthropy. and has promised his aiu'
.The Theosophical society now includes In It's mem
I.rrShiD atheists, Catholics, Chrlstnils fTotesei's-
u,nt-ria,ts agnostcs, Buddhists and Brahmins' ana
hos branches In almost every civilized country am
,roud 10 saw that this movement has platform broad
.nough TO take I'm professors OF every faith or no
,,,th II has what no other movement can claim, the
clements within itself OF fornius the nucleus Of uni
yer.ol brotherhood, and that Is our fundamental
object -. 49,.
:. Won might add said Mr.. Judge, "that the
rhcosophIcal society Is not kindergarten for the
olreinp m OF mahatmas We regard mahatmsship
49, , Stage In mans evolutionary career. and not tho
o,o thing TO be slrven for In -arthhi
Among well known Europeans who have recently
tn, IN. S,clety Is Count Won Lelnngen, Of Vienna,
,ho l. attached 10 the Legation OF The King Of
Bavaria and who Is relative OF Prince Won Leln-
inp,s, who Is In charge vi Queen Nicura's yacht.
A.. came from Vienna IN company Win Dr. HuDO-
srhln,d.m the German sciets, To consult Win Mr.
Jucge and plan campaign IN oflal -sptdhihs 'oui-
- lie intends TO start theOsOphlcal magazine
In Germany a fist step ana Il shortly 10 come ~
New rk 10 fmilarzc himself Win ihe theOsoPnical
rh1o,ophy under the tutOrshp Of Mr.. judge. While
an ondon he delivered lecture IN French N Prince
Hall to a large audience. a. ,,.
some other prominent members OF the European
section OF the Thc0scphcal society are Caniihihe
The English chemist. the Countess WnchtInelster "f
sweden; VisCOunt Iolngton, Of England ,Barones,
die pallandt. Lady Eleanor bronson, ana Count busha
mo rr,ute,t celebrity on this side of The Nmntc
whom 1heOsophs'S hp'c chfoi'" ID ''' VIZ
me third portion OF the ashes OF Nine. Bavatsky
allotted the European section were placed III m;ts
niucent bronze uin with ceremony on the second day
OF the couy, n,ion. The p,rtiDn allotted the American
section ut the Thcosophical Headqua rters, no:
ia Madisonave., this city, where they VIII be piac.i
under tho protection Of the Indian section at Adya''
Madras.