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gressive as il should be- This We say
| is because the great ma jOrity Of ideals
has been lost. The masses drift through
| life and see 10 permanent goal. We
should address ourselves 20 Western
countries, a. they are particularly
materialistic, and try 10 draw men
backward 10 spiritual things and
forward 20 Dobler things. TheOso-
ply does not claim 10 make
| all men sages at once-that II
the work of years. But we claim
that the only way 10 improve outer
things Is 10 begin with the inner and
in time, the thought becomes the real
ity. II is not possible 20 change the
world, unless We first change the
thoughts Of men. When you have
purified the thoughts OF men, you
have set in motion the things that
will bring purity. TheosOphy Is emf
nently practical. IL tells us the only
method Of improving the world. Peo-
pie say, i cannot change my methods
of life if others do not. j have prac-
tical duties II il not necessary 10
change these practical duties in chang
ing ones thoughts. We must attend
TO the duties we find nearest Us. II is
better TO do your own duty poorly
than 10 do anOther.s duty we'll
'You viii gather from " hat have
Sall NildL l4Atb@oJBH - ltbA aukLEDn-
| istic 10 Christianity. ! mean the
Christianity given out by Christ, noy
| the creeds recently evolved. But the
teachings of Jesus himself are indeed
Tbeosophy. We are often accused of
being atheists. These charges are
| made because our philosophy il not
| understood. Theosophy does not
teach the idea OF personal god. To
Us, the supreme deity Is supreme
principle, not person. 1t is the sum
total of the aspects of the universe.
The personality implies a limited
thing. The deity is unlimited. Ii is
not true that we are atheisttcal. 1t
is only that we lift our conception
beyong a limited personality. All
through the Bible there are statements
of the deity which lift our thoughts far
beyond the personality of il. When
we speak of the essence OF Theosophy
We speak of the religion which they
understand What does il matter, IL
we speak 10 the Christian OF Christ,
TO the Hindu of Brahn, TO the Mus
sulman OF Allah The word is not the
important thing, it is the idea. And
only, in speaking 10 Christians, we
ask them TO study their books more
closely, and see if We cannot claim a
relationship.
owe are often asked, DO you be-
| lieve in Christ? | answer, Yes, il
YOU mean what was always meant by
| the word-that which was the first
| manifestation Of the supreme power.
Tueosophy holds that there Il no such
| thing as "A soul created. Ii holds that
all souls are part oi the unborn es-
sence, and have never been created.
All intelligeuces are the result OF evo-
luton, helped forward by self-directed
efforts Those above have earned
their eNaltation. Such great spirits
are truly sons OF God. II YOU say that
God is an only god, the Theosophists
say, No, he is one Of many gods.
Christ was "A teacher, wise in spiritual
things. He taught, not something
new, but reatiirmed ancient things.
And If today we were not fixed on
material things, we could become
perfect Man has been led 20 the
state in which he doubts and requires
to have his intelligence convinced of
these truths, IL is said in the New
Testament that Jesus said 20 his dis
ciples, 1T s'giVen 90 Nou 10 know the
mysteries OF the Kingdom ot Heaven
but 10 those without these things
are spoken in parallels This H. be-
cause the many were and are too busy
to understand sll, but Ia those who
could go beyond wider teaching was
given.
Philosophy comes forward 20 eN.
plain what cannot be Otherwise eN-
planed-what the church can
not eXulaiu. The Church has
lost the key of the soul. We do
not want tO antaEoniZe Chris
tianity, but 10 come g. 70 As friend
aud an ally. We claim that the doe.
trine affirmed in the Bible. that
man shall reap as he soWe, Is true:
"A I Il, 4 n
hess aud true progress by substituting
for self intcvest the iuterest ot the
whole. IT, ihstesd of fighting against
each other we would combine for the
general good, We would All he better
Here 1heosophV comes in with its
philosophy, bv telling us that only
go are changes FOR the better 20 be
brought about Everyone can COM
preheud thia much Only 10y inrrON-
ing the individual can YOU improve
all
There ia another teaching in The
osophv in which IL differs from Chris
tianitV, hut which viii prove a. vou
has boon taught in the bible This
ia reinoarnation In the Cast il ia
takau for granted. Ia speaking of 81.
John. Jesus said. this g. Ehas which
was - ,ome' Elias had been dead
f.r vpare, and what did Jesus mean
hut that he had come back 60 eaIth2
lhis ie bat one ~ many similar texts
80 ihebihle. losus did not make thisa as
. new statement " WAS an old idea
then. The theory ~ r,iucarnatioit rs
ou" ~ the principles ~ Theoeophv
This doctrine supplements She doc-
tiue oi the Christian church, amt jos
tiii"a several id,ns which might be
otherwise untuatidablr. 1--we are dis-
appointed in this life. 30 the newer
onr, which may comm, urp tomorrow
W. shall he enGsded u was said hV
Phillips Brooke, that iu twenty ave
years nll tho leading churches would
bn preaching rpinrarnation. 7 believe
with him, for that dorIrine clears up
~ the mNst'ips of lifc. rs oar oruin
ord ~ uur destiny, Without rpinrar-
nation evolution is q moukerv with