The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-14

The TheosOphical society met as usual
last evening in the A. o. L. ". hall The
meeting was opened BY the president
who stated with some detail the objects
of the society and its one and on,y
requisite for mombership-the belief in
the universal brotherhood Of mankind
The president announced that about the
beginning of the rev year Burcham
Harding, a prominent lecturer on Iheoso-
phic thought. will be in Salt Lake
The evening was devoted TO paper by
Mr.. John Lloyd followed by number or
Interesting questions from the audience.
The speaker said i'm part:
TheOsophy IS the word now used 10
designate the ancient knowledge concern
Ing the mysteries Of The universe and OF
mans nature. This knowledge, contain
ing the fundamental truths underlying
all religions, sciences and PHILOSOPHERS,
mas been banded down by successive mes
OF teachers or masters. fulfilling the
words of the Bible. God is never LEFT
without a witness upon the earth.
Theosophy presents TO the world Il sys-
tenn of thought so vast that one wonders
from what source Il sprung; rms FORCES
10 the front a doctrine which the man or
the world is slow to accept, VIZ; tnat
there now tread the earth men who are
virtually perfect and who know many
things which ordinary mortais pelieVe 10
he undiscovered These men, 1hT ,e..s..l
knowledge gained in many lives know
that the soul of nan is immortal; are
acquainted with the mysteries of death
are familiar with the condition known rs
heaven Nature has no secrets Wn-ch
thew have not Wrested from her and pos
sesses no forces over which they have not
gained control. 1t IS from theSe eer
fected beings that the Theosopnlca' SO
ciety claims to receive its teachings
Theosophists present proofs in support
of their belief in the existence OF the
masters. 1t consists of the testimony OF
a large number of reputable persons ana
g Of rl< a "a nhRQCmGn1
duced by these mah2rmaS, many OF thehi
being attested by afhdavlts- Inc sacrsu
literature of the east is repieta with
references to highly evolved personases
and the traditions of all nations speak or
men wise and good, possessed or maIdcu-
lous powers. But the strongest arSuinshs
advanced is that evolution demands li ia.
such highly evolved beings should exist
If eyolurien is a law Il must be an enc
loss one If The mineral mas evolved mo
the vegetable. the vegetable into the am
NAL and the animal INTO man, man E,.s1
evolve into perfection or goodness Even
Professor Huxley has Forced h;mseil 70
admit that thsre may be beings IN tne
universe who are as much suneiior 10
man as man is above the black ptSt.e.
A denial of this would be equivalent 70
saying that evolution stops when II
reaches man.
object nj all in existence it must be 10
learn everything there is to learn IN
knowledge. love. sacrifice and purity. Ana
since this cannot be achieved IN one III
man must he norm many times. Man is
continuous being and that which We call
death is not a cessation of life but
mode of rest After each rest we come
into objective life with renewed eheI 80 lSs
to learn the lessons of material life ms
theory or reincarnatiOn is really the INK
between science and religion The theoso-
phist argues that there can be but one
ruth and the fact that science ana
religion are at variance denonstra tes that
neither is in possession of the whole OF
il. The church says that the soul OF
but science proves that man is the result
of evolution and could not spring mo
existence quite SO suddenly Now rem
carnaticn harmoniZes science ana reiisloI on
in that il has a place for both soul and
evolution.