The morning call., 1894-04-23

and beauty of Christianity as taught by
Jesus the man and Christ the God are not
fully understood and pretended. These
are the grandest truths OF all ages, still
hidden, unseen and unappreciated by men
in the teachings of Christ. aud it is the
| purpose OF theosophy to so enlighten the
| souls OF men as TO make them understand
! the things which now appear as enigmas
and mysterious ideas, TheOsophv unveils
the secret wisdom of Christianity and all
other religions that have been established
by reformers whose spirits had ben adj
vaDced into the wisdom of the ages and OF
eternal truth.
"Karma," which is the term implying
all spirit energy and force, was the title OF
a paper read by Abbott 3. Clark. It is in
theosophy the philosophy of all cause and
effect Thoughts are things, as much SO
as matter Every thought is cause and
must produce an effect. Reincarnation is
simply spiritual progression.
Mrs. S. A. Harris read an interesting pa
per on the Dangers of Psychism," re-
ferring principally to true and untrue
mediums. The speaker deprecated the
practice of spiritual trading as done by
many so-called mediums and stated that
such spiritual man festations are in no
sense part of theosophy.
Countess Wachtm ester, who was a close
friend and colaborer with Nine. Blavatsky,
made few remarks concerning branch
work as it is carried on and the propaganda
literature that has been distributed. She
stated that the basic literature of the soci-
ETY. can be found in public lbrari in all
parts OF the world.
The newspapers of San Francisco were
matters of much prayeriul sollcitude dur
ing the third session of the Theosophical
convention in Golden Gate Hall last night.
10 MI hid al Of
the American section. lmplored all present
to forgive the newspapers for all the SUI
perbcial things they have printed about
theosophy. He did not specify ip detail
the distinctive sins that the papers had
committed. but in the aggregate they were
very grlevous.
Mr.. Judge is speaker who entertains
and nstructs, when he is unaffected by
outside influence. The subject for his ad-
dress last night was, 'IheOsophy. What
1t Is Not"
Zone OF the first principles which we
teach" Mr.. Judge said. lis forgiveness
and generosity to our enemies. No
IheosOphist Is true to his faith unless he
follows those precepts of Buddha and
Jesus. And therefore l urge upon all of
you the advisabilty of forgivlng all the
newspapers for all the villification they
have done this society. We should be
grateful. too, because they have given US
great deal OF free advertising. But
the stuff the papers have printed is
not Theosophy. The great psychic
science which we represent is not a
religion In the common acceptation
OIL tho term, but reformer OF all
religions. Man is by nature religious
Deing. and that longing must be satisfied.
Science alone teaches nothing OF the inner
man, but theosOphy fills he gap-the void
between science and simple faith. BY
theosophy all men are requested to reform
ihemselves-to reform their religions TO
the grand basic truths OF their conception.
Theos0phy is the mediator between science
and religion, and its sole purpose is to
purify all creeds by giving more COM
prehensive idea of God and the truth that
Is eternal. Whatever is true in any re-
ligion is theosophy. All religious sects,
as marked by creed and rites and manual,
are tottering to their fall. The time has
come Tor the acknow leGgment OF eternal
truth. aud that's he purpose0f theoSophy,
without regard to any particular iaitn."
Ernest L. Hargroye, brilliant barrister
of London. England, delivered an abund-
ance of thought aud logical deduction
under the head of "Occntlsm, the Doc
trne of Common Sense" Mr.. Hargrove
dwell. mainly on the relations OF causes
and Effects, main tanning that life is not the
result OF matter, but is and ever has been
cn-exstent with the materials OF The uni
verse and is the one great force that maxi
matter serve its purpose. 'Occnltism.
he said, lis the science of living according
to natures laws. All men are gods and