The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-21
PHILOSOPHICAL TALK
Our History Club of the
Heights Hears a Lecture
by Dr.. Guild.
GROWING POPULAR INTEREST.
The East Occupies the American
Mind-Satisfactiou to Soul
Cravings.
GROWING POPULAR INTEREST

"Our History Club met last evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs d. G. Bod
man. No. "a Storm avenue. The club
had an unusual treat in the shape of 8
lecture on Theosophy by DR.. Ellis
Guild of New York. who came on this
invitation of Mrs. Hunt. A large mum
Der of the club were present and an en-
joyable entertainment was given aftel
the lecture. Mr.. w. P. Underhil1. Miss
Gertrude Garland, Mr.. Fred Greaves and
Miss Agnes Sweeney sang, and Miss
Garland. recited Behind the Curtain
Others present were:-Mr. w. J.. Under
hill, President of the club; Mrs. Bennett,
Mrs. Thos. J. Pope, Mr.. James Pope,
Misses Bessie inc Clara Pope, Mr.and Mrs.
Frank Dixon. Miss Sherwood, Mr.. and
AIRS. w. P. Underhill, Miss Froude, Miss
Nellie Woodward, Mr.. Elmer Underhili,
Miss Adele Sweeney, Miss Mabel Rodger,
Mrs. Hunt, and Messrs. Mark B. Cough
lin, James A. Gordon, Robert Rodger,
Ernest Slocum, Samuel Richardson, Adna
Underhill and Irving Underhill.
The President of the club presented
d.. Guild, who gave as his subject,
What is Theosophy. Anyway" He
said:-"Perhaps we may best find an
OlSHcI u Ills QuGSLt0A Wy llilublS OQt
what Theosophists are. They are sober,
sane thinkers, honest truth-seekers who
are reading and studying the literature
of the. T-heosophical Society. They claim.
too, that they are finding In II that which
satisfies their minds and their hearts.
Among students of Theosophy and MEM
bers of the T~heosophical Society are,
workmen, editors. lawyers, doctors. edu-
"a torS rptpfSforc O nd IN VKhap uya
look a little further we find that Theoso-
phists are net rainbow chasers. They are
scarcely as gullible as the great mass of
Would4be scientists who stand ready at
as the IN de Steele Of Investigation In
his line.
ALL IS SPIRIT.
ITO the Theosophist all that isis but
the manifestation Of spirit. But they
rap raps. They are fperfesti Spy Wiling to
Whistle afas the shr jugs . ASTRAL st fhs shs maaa but p tses
DO not call that noise the murrnur OF
the almighty nor the voice Of the spirit.
scarcely that wicked and peryerse sener-
alton which seeketh after a sign, though
they ave and can produce signs and
fully as though buying potatoes The
osophy goes back Of the sign n Learns
the w e re the e., Th os ? Pnen on1v
reality.
atonement, because conscious of the wis
sonaIly responsible for his deeds and
s%aa0 s%aai1onm 1t nsd to sn t asss snatsl1 sy s elsa1s
" showing. how each not only chooses,
but makes his environment
sibie igmeant Of the Imagination, it teach
es the responsibility of each human per-
s~onaiIty to his higher and real elf The
the living Observation-Disclosures material
ISM. neutralizeS mediumlstic spiriIlalism
and teaches that all in the universe ss
that each seeming varient is but a diff
fering manifestation of that essence.
New as to th2se who wear the out
membership in the Theosophica1 Society,
We ind them by their lives to be, in the
81 IN soe:e5y useful and industrious
members. Among their followers. stu
dent, and friends OF humanity Not
friends of publicans and SINNERS. Not
Pharisees. thanking God that they are
no. as other men are, nor yet In self
mercy; but always holding bsfors ali
men the truth of the possibility Of .un-
limited ~deyelopment as the blrthrtght
THE orthodox critic has said that Uni
Is eternali Gell dsmn fha man Gaa Is w f54 sf pHe
Unitarians believe that mankind is alto
gether too good to be damned. The
Osophy strikes a middle course between
these two extremes and holds that both
are true. H
Now. after going the round of all
back to the starting point. and I should
like to ask Well, what is Theosophy.
anyWays n ossn,a 4m j.
human knowledge is a subject for its
investigation and its thought. Yet 1t has
no system OF doctrine or dogma. It has
no creed. 1t has not ~thi-ty-nsne articles
OF Faith. In fact, it has fortunately been
abl to worry along up to date without
e even 3 n nqe article sna q tha fai r,,rnd Its cay y f b1n
q necleus of universal brotherhood. The
only cohesive force In the Theosophical
Society is brotherhood.
The solution of the problem. of human
sonaiity. Not only are ali men by right
s divine enc qig Sa1a and 1s the viii VIII Of 1fg God az they ey
are brothers.
THE best good of the one lies in the
the circulation. Redeem itS so.led and
On ms gold eo:m of brotAsyhoyd and pp.
as a nucleus for universal .bfotherhood
ana aiH e f sSaI + n taat fa stn as IS against ia.
abroad. Do Q desire the sweifareTand
uApplAess OF Sacn HuilHH Soul OK 10
POPULAR INTEREST.
"The increasing interest in the Sanscrit
and other Eastern lfteratures and phil
osophies indicates the. growing belief that
there IS something Of real worth to hu-
manity in Eastern thosght, and The
I'm literature the popular demand for
such books as the Light Of Asia The
TONS lamont and Strange Story Rider
Haggard'e She StevensoHss DR. sJekyl
and Mr.. Hyde and sMaTionS CraTford'e
hypnotic psychic novels ,sao4h ths 5sn.
into that other Object 81 Theosophfcai
study, the undeveleped psychic powers
of man.
~. sAmong the ch tsa hs the g growing wing
and dogma, the demand for the Higher
Criticism, indicates the trend OF re-
Eigionists toward untrammelled lheDso-
phic inquiry. Great sects dare not ex-
when measured by the creed and CON
fession of faith
This is because of the growing con-
f aasaee aS o5 sas f RsepalSs em m dSsis ana ihe d9
belief is their riFht-to think and. act
In accordance with their own conscious
ness. Theosophy again.
IT seems to ne That fne great mission
pare men for q higher evolution of con-
6cfousnee6.
Consciousness Upon higher. planes comes
with the perfecting of consciousness upon
consciousness, but as they more nearly
approach the real completeness of con-
seriousness upon one plane they IN Just
that much prspare the R~srsonaaiay ys t9 be-
ness. The one object of the Philosophical
Society is such in its nature that it's
attainments in even VERY Imperfect