The herald., 1895-11-16

Rev. Mr.. Douglass then spoke on tho
house-to'house canvass as means of in
creasing the interest and attendance a.
the Sunday school. He favored a mist
sionary for the purpose and spoke of the
Sunday school canvass to be m ads in this
city SATURDAY. week from tomorrow.
Resolutions favoring enlarged mission
airy work IN Southern California and IA
voring that part nj the report of the board
OF directors recon- IN ending the annual
payment OF 81 BY each Baptist for home
mission work in its section were adOpte
Dr.. Hubert G. Woods OF Colorado
Springs was then introduced and spoke on
the work OF the Am erican Baptist Home
Mission society. This society has assisted
Southern California much; it is nov fair
that Southern California should assist
the society. Rome intends capturing New
England by i'm migration, ana from this
standpoint capturing the union. The
society intends to thwart this through
Christian education and missionary
effort.
Rev. W. W. Tinker, general missionary
of Southern California, was elected oorre-
spending secretary of the convention.
A paper on The Home Glass Depart
ment was read by Miss Effie 3. Griffith
of Rushville, Ill.
Mr.. U. Lemon then reported for the
board OF Sunday work.
NCIc HdsSCd lOl
the appointment at this convention OF a
committee of twelve to CO operate with
the board of directors. The folio ing is
the committee: Rev. a. P. griffith. J.
3. Wade, J. l.. Phillips, Rev. George e.
Dye. G. A. Hub bard. Fl. D. Fowler. c.
A. Hubbard. Mrs. J. F: johnson, Rev.
G. Button, Rev. 7. ]. Wood. DR.. A. ).
Frost, C. Nj. Jones, c. A. Whitman.
MR.. CLARK'S LECTURE.
A very fair-sized audience ASS n bl ed
In the vestry of the Universalist church
last evening to hear the first OF a series
OF lectures on theosophy, in spite of the
fact that there were several other enter
tainments in progress. besides the Baptist
convention. The lecturer Mr.. Abbott
Clark of San Francisco, handles his SUI b.
ject in very entertaining manner and
one is soon led to see why the Wisdom
Religion has attracted the close alton
ton ana deep stuiy of some OF the great
est minds OF the world such as inventor
Edison, the we'll known scientist, Fl ofe ssor
Crooks. the great French astronomer
Camille Flammarion, who are mem bars
of the Theosophical society, as well as
many Others whose WORK is well known
in their respective fields.
Tho speaker said in substance that the
TheoIophlcal society existed to promote
the brotherhood of man, and to bring
about state of enlightenment in regard
TO science, religion and philosophy and
the hidden laws of nature and psychic
and spiritual powers latent in man. The
soCietys only creed is the search for
truth, and its only ritual is to honor
every truth by us; Its motto is, There is
no religion higher than truth.
Between the These phical society and
theosophy there is the widest distino-
"a H. fesa t.,.l, - -
bound together By the comc.on ethical
Idea of Brotherhood just as frail as other
people. no better and no. worse than the
rest of mankind. 1heosophy is the
ancient wisdom religion, the science Of
nature. man and Cos.
AS to death. heaven and hell, Mr.. Clark
said death did To, exist, but was only a
change of state Of consciousness, anoth er
step in the ladder of evolution. He'll does
not exist as place, was not taught by
Christ nor the apostles, and there is no
such word in either the Hebrew or Greek
languages
Mr.. Clark will speak again in the Uni
versalist vestry tomorrow night. Sub
iect, Spiritualism, Hypnotsm, Science
Healing and Psychism Scientifically Ex-
planned by Theosophy.
POSTAL IMPROVEMENTS.
A memorial has been prepared by the
board of trade in references to the provid-
ing of better facilities at the postoffi CO
and has been forwarded to Senator
White sand Congressman McLachlan.
who are asked to use their best enc tavors
to have congress take action in the mat
ter. Among the facts and figures pre-
sented are the following:
The constituency to be served has in.
creased very mark edly. as shown by the
fast that not less than 400 additional
dwellings have been erected during the
past year, and have thus added to the
number OF persons to be served by the
carriers. This rapid growth has brought
in its wake or has created such demand
for additional railroads that two new
lines have been built into Pasadena
within the time mentioned. In '9f it
paid the government net revenue OF