Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1893-10-28

thinking machine. which lialts not in its
revolutions from cradle to grave. Even
the midnight does not stop the thinking
machine, for when we are i'm dreams we
are thinking. although we Il" not think
as well. All Of ms who are accustomed
To thinking want to reach some solid
shore Of safety and satisfaction. and if
any one has IA good lifcbnat that we may
honorably take ! wish he would I'M
swing il from the laviis and let us get
into it and put for shore.
But give y"u fair notice must first
examine tho lifrboat 3forr | risk my
soul in it or advise y"n to risk your soul
in IL. All the splendid Rains.sate life
boats. AMI Margate lifcboats. and South
Shields lifcboiis. and American lifcboats
were tested before being put into prac-
teal use as to their huuyancy and speed
and stowa:;c AMI self rishiing capacity.
And when you offer my soul u lifcboat I
must first test IT,
THE TiIEtrsorIiIC IIFEBoAT.
Here is Il splendid new lifcboat called
Theosophy II has only u little while
been launched. although some If the
planks are really several Thousand years
old. and from u worm eaten ship. but
they are painted over and look new
They are really fatalism and pantheism
Of olden time. But we must forget that
and call them theosophy. The Grace
Darling of tins lifrhoat was an oars
woman by the name of Mime. Blavat-
sky. but the oarswoman now Is Annie
Besant. So many are getting aboard
the boat 1t is worthy of examination,
both because of the safety Of those who
have entered it and because we ourselves
are invited Ia get in.
Its theory is that everything is God
Horse and star AMI tree and man are
parts of Gol. We have three souls-an
animal soul. n human spul, u spiritual
soul. The animal soul Incomes. after
awhile, n wandering thing. trying to ex-
press itself through, mediums. II enters
beasts or enters human being. and
when you find an circminatc man il il
because woman's soul has got into the
man. and when you find masculine
woman il is because Il mans soul has
taken possession of u woinln's body.
IL you find woman has become a
platform speaker and likes politics. she
is possessed by dead politician. who
40 years ago made the platform
quake. The soul keeps wandering on
and on, and may have - or innumer-
able different forms. and finally is
absorbed in God. II was Gmi mt the
start and will bc God ut the last. But
who gives the authority for the truth Of
sucha religion1 Some beings living In a
cave in central Asia. They are invisible
10 the naked eye, hut they cross CONT
nents and seas in flash.
Ny Baptist brother DIR. Haldeman says
that theusophist in New York was WIS.,
tied by one of these mysterious beings
from central Asia The gentleman knew
il from tlI" fact that the mysterious he
ing left his packet handkerchief. en-
broi,lcred with his name and Asiatic res
idcnce. Til. most wonderful achieve
ment of the theusophists is that they
keep out of the insane asylum. They
prove the truth If the statement that no
religion ever announced WAS So absurd
but it gainel disciples.
Societies in the Cnitcl States and Eng
land and other lands have been csial-
lishe,l for the PRONUNCIATION nf thensuphy
Instead If needing the revelation Of n
Bible you can lav" these spirits from n
cave in central Asia to tell you all YOU
ought to know. and after yoi leave this
life you may bccoin. u prima donna. or
n robin. or - gazcllc. or a sot. or u prize
fighter. or licroi. or a Jczehel and so
be enabled to have great variety of
experience. rotating through the uni
verse, now rising. now falling, now
shot out in Il straight lin" and now de-
scribing u paral"la. and on and on. and
up and up. and down and down, and
round and round. Don't you see? Now,
that thcosophic lf"boat has been
launched. II proposes to take you off
tho rongh sea Of doubt into everlasting
quictude How do you like the lifeboat?
NY opinion is you hal better initiate
the mariners of ms text nnl cut off the
ropes of that boat AMI lrt her fall of
A BOAT THAT LEAKS.
Another lifcboat tempting us to enter
IL male mp of many planks of good
works. Il is really ~ beautiful boat
almsgiving. practical symlathies for
human suffering. righteous words and
righteous deeds. must admit like the
looks Of the PROV. and Of the rowlocks
and of the paddles. and of the steering
gear, and Of many who are thinking to
trust themselves on her benches. But
the trouble about that lifeboat is il leaks.
l never knew n man yet good enough to
earn heaven by his virtues or gcnerosi-
ties.
II there bc one person here present
on this blessed Sabbath all of whose
thoughts have been always right. all of
whose actions have always been right and
all If whose words have always been
right let him stanl up. or if already stand
ing let him lift his hand. and will know
that he lies. Paul had il about right
when he said. "I;y the deeds of the law
shall no flesh living be justified" David
had it about right when he said. There
is none that tlocth good. no not one"
The old book had it about right when
it said. "All have sirncdl and come short
of the glory of Gol." Let n man get off
that little steamer called The Maid of
the Mist, whicl, sails up to the foot of
Niagara falls, and then climb to the top
of the falls on the descending floods. for
he can do it easier than any man ever
will he able To climb To heaven by his
good works.
II your thoughts have always been ex-
actly right. anl yonr words exactly
right. and yomr deeds always exactly
right. y"u can go up to the gate Of leav
en-. and y"u nr,'l not even knock for al
mittance. hut "p"n it Yourself and push
the angels "ui "f Your way and =, up and
take one of the front seats. But you
wonld ~. :" unlike amy ono else that has
gone mp from this world that you would
he u curiosity in heaven AMI more fit for
II heavenly museum than for u place
where III" inhabitants could look at you
free f charg"