Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-12-15


Reve@atinn are of comparatively
small importance. Having gwen
up all belief in the Antohement.
ali trust in those Infinite merits
of the well beloved Son through
which we look for the for
giyeness of sins, Theosophy fiat
tiers humane pride by pretending
to have discovered a path by
which a nan msy reach Divine
perfection. Bat since this term
nation cannot be reached in one
life, it borrows the fable of Me
tempsvchosis or transmigration
of souls. associated with the name
of Pythagoras. who lived IN the
sixth century. b. C. and promises
in a second, third, fourth, and
subsequent lives on earth con-
tinuity of the probation that was
cut short bv the close of the pre-
veus life. 1t is hardly necessary
to point out that such teaching Is
as contrary TO what has been re-
vealed about human nature and
human destiny, as the teaching
about God contradicts the reyel
alton of the Divine Nature. But
since it Is claimed that this fan
/ tastlc doctrine is found IN the
Holy Scriptures, it Is necessary
| to show that such a claim rests
on an entire misinterpretatiOn of
certain passages. The places re
ferred to are % the prophecy of
John the Baptist under the name
of Elijah (Mal. 4 ~. and the
words of our Saviors:: about John,
this is Elias which was for to
come. Matthew 1114l. But if
any are not satisfied with the
explanation given to Iacharias
by the Angel, that John would
have "the spirit and power OF
Elias" Luke l II the Bible
contains absolute proof that Eli
ah and John the Baptist are diff
ferent personalities. On the
theory of TRANSPORTATION, if Pyth-
agoras was, as he claimed to be,
Euphorbus, who had fouo bit and
died in the Trojan war, then thee
was no sucbperson as Euphorbus
remaining in the unseen world
and if Elijah had been reborn in
John the Baptist, the personality
of Elijah had ceased to exist. But
We know that after John the
Baptist had lived and died, Eli
ah had lost none of his identity
for We have the testimony of eye
witnesses to his being seen in
glory in the Mount of Transigur-
alton Matt. II 3; Mark "a;
Luke 9-30].
Enough has now been written
to make it clear that not only
can a Christian derive nothing
from Theosophy, but it is fund
amentally opposed to the truth
revealed to US in the Word OF
God. 1t is a eongeries of mys-
teal speculations resting on no
foundation whatever, which in a
few years will be added to the
dust-heap of similar systems that
are now forgotten We have been
warned by the Divine Author OF
our Faith that false teachers will
arise, and this warning has been
repeated by the Apostles. st.
Peter [2.m.l issued an earnest
caution against false teachers,
who should 'even deny the Lord
that brought them as this The
osophy does, and St. Paul, in
view of strong delusion" under
which some will "believe lie
2 Thesii2] With equal earnest
ness calls upon believers to
stand fast in the Faith that
has been handed down. For the
Ola ahtagonlsm to the Gospel
Will never cease until the end.
The preaching Of a new religion
is but an attempt of the enemy to
undermine the citadel which he
has failed to carry by direct as
sault. If any who read this are
doubtful whether system to
which SO many seem to be drawn
can really be as fallacious and
deluslve as my warming implies,
the following words of a great
thinker, Archbishop Wateley
will explain that the fact of a
! following is no evidence of truth
He says: "Unblushing asserters
of falsehood seem to have a race
of easy believers provided on pur.
pose for their use; men who will
not indeed believe the best est
ablished truths of religion, but
are ready to believe any thing
else.'
At the same time, mistaken as
they are, those who pursue these
false lights set an example of zeal
and earnestness in the pursuit of
the knowledge Of Divine things
which the members of the Church
would do well to initiate. 1t is,
unhappily. ignorance of the Bible
and indifference about its study
that leaves so many exposed to
every wind of falsehood that
sweeps past them. If men would