The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27

\ Tor know
God hath a select family of sons
Now scattered wide thro earth. and each
alone,
Who are thy spiritua, kindred, and each
! BY constant service to that inward law,
| Is wearing the subnme proportions
| OF a true monarch'S soul, beauty and
strength.
The riches of spotless memory,
| The eloQuence of truth the wisdom got
| By searching of clear and loving eve
That seeth as God seeth. These are their
gifts;
And time, who keeps Gods word, brings
on the day
To seal the marriage of these minds with
thine;
Thine everlasting lovers. Ye shall be
The salt of all the elements, world of the
world.
THE ADDRESS.
The paper presented gave clear idea
OF what Theosophy conveys to the
world. In part it was as follows:
We are all, l think, familiar with
the story often repeated in Theosophi-
cal literature of the political prisoner
in the lawless middle ages whose chanc-
es of life and liberty was made to de-
pend upon his success in solving a me-
chanical puzzle.
We see him porting over the puzzle
IN his solitary dungeon, looking up at
times to the window, so small and mar
row, that its dim light at best was not
much more than a ray in the darkness
We feel his doubts, in many moments
OF despair, that perhaps there was no
possible solution. We share with him
the glad thrill of the sudden illumin-
alton, that swept away despair and
made him master of himself and a
wider life
This story may be considered as an
allegory of humanity. Mankind sits in
its marrow prison house puzzling over
the intricate problems of human exist
ence. We ask again and again the
question What is the meaning of this
life? into which we are born, apparent
ly without any desire or volition of
our own and through which we may
grope with a blind hopefulness, or an
equally blind distrust. or careless in
difference which is sadder than either
Churches and creeds have tried to an
swer this question. Science has bravely
pushed it's way into the many tangled
regions, but even science with it's miss
ing link is still very unsatisfactory.
Much of it is illogical and so material
istic that its own altitude keeps it far
distant from the outer portals of the
final mystery. 3
reason Tor our existence. That he who
seeks Alright and lives the life may
even may solve the mystery Of the uni
verse. Man should strive for con-
scious unity with society and not a celes-
tial paradise. The message teaches that
there is only one reality in the uni
verse-cail it God, if you will, or nature,
or the supreme. Infinite as is the di-
versity of nature it all springs from the
one spiritual unity.
Every atom of matter is a mani
festation of the one divine substance.
Every animated creature pulsates
with the one life. Each man and wo-
man, each plant and flower each fish
of the sea and bird of the air, each
mountain and plain, each satellite and
planet, each world system in the uni
verse is fragment of the eternal, and
the vast aggregate is the supreme.
MAN is not blind irresponsible
speck of dust swept along in the
mighty tide Of natures progress. The
evolution of nature does not proceed
according to the dictates of an unjust
and capricious ruler. There is one
studies this law will come to under
stand the majestic order Of nature.
NO DEMAND OF FAITH.
"Theosophy makes no demand of
faith from anyone, Theosophy does not
believe, in PROSECUTING, but it believes in
Offering it's best to those who will
share it. Theosophy has a word to say
about the organization of the universe,
mans origin and destiny and the laws
that govern his being. 1t gives an &C
count of cosmog'ony, the past and fu>
ture of the earth, and other planets.
1t treats of the inhabitants of this
earth and the planets. The geological
cataclysms of earth; the frequent alb
sence of intermediate types in it's fau
ma; the occurrence of architectural
and other relics of races now lost, to
which ordinary science has but vain
conjecture; the nature of extinct civ
ilizations and the cause of this ex-
tinotion; the persistence of sayagery,
and the unequal development Of eX-
listing civilization; the differences, ply
steal and internal, between the various
races of men and the line of future de-
velopment. 1t covers vastly broader
field than any other known system of
natural philosophy.
'"Theosophy has been supposed to be
identical with Buddhism, but this is
mistake Perhaps the term wisdom
religion which has sometimes been
applied to it. has perpetuated this
error. Buddhism recognizes the two
principal tenets of theosophy-karma
and reincarnation-but the resem-
blance ceases with this fact. Theoso-
phy recognizes that all the masters
have taught the same underlying prln-
ciples of truth. Jesus of Nazareth,
Gautama, Buddha, Confucius, Ioroas-
ter and many other lofty souls have
tried to inculcate the thought that we
are brothers; they have all enjoined
the same virtues, and for thousands
of years men have lived on the in
SEPARATION Of their words.
'"Theosophy embraces whatever is
true. whatever is wise, whatever is
good. 1t stands ever with its face to-
ward the light, and no faith of yester-
day can bar it from accepting fuller
inspiration today.
A DEEPER MEANING.
'Theosophy gives deeper meaning
to ethics than is ordinarily accorded
them. 1t means more than the science
of morality 1t has. been defined as
right knowledge applied with sound
Judgment to the active duties of life
'.Universal brotherhood is demon
strated in I am my brothers keeper
and he is mine Our fortunes are
linked together, our destinies are in
terwoven; together we sink or SWIM
Any selfishness on my part is an in
jury to my brother, and any wrong to
him reacts on me. / can only climb
by carrying him along with me on the
steep and upward path. Whatever de-
bases him drags me down, too. Since
all are travelling in the same path to-
gether under the impulse of the same