The herald., 1896-06-29

to follow His divine example, to be ut
terly unselfish, to be healthy, to be spir-
itual. to commune with God in spirit and
In truth. to feel absolute confidence in
Christ's own revelations Of truth in the
gospel, and to scorn all shams, hypocri-
cies and paganism. Christ had the eter-
nal life on earth. The spirit of God
flowed into Him without measure. He
in the highest and deepest sense. Never
man spoke like this man.
Biavatsky Hall
Stanley Fitzpatrick delivered a lee
ture yesterday morning at Blavatsky
hall, 525 West Fifth street, the subject
being Evolution Possible Only Through
Reincarnation. The speaker said:
| The theory of evolution Is now ac-
cepted as a fact by the intelligent, think
ing world. The old theological teaching
of a universe brought into being in six
ordinary days is an exploded fallacy.
The processes of nature are gradual
she makes no sudden leaps. This present
| period of manifestation in which we find
| ourselves is only one of many that have
past and many more that are to come.
Each period of activity is, must be, fol-
lowed by corresponding season of rest,
or inactivity. We see this exemplified
in every process of nature with which
| we are familiar. Winter succeeds to
summer, night to day, sleeping to walk
ing, death to life.
To account for the existence of the
universe we must of necessity postulate
| a first cause. This first cause must also
have had its cause, which, to finite COM
| prehension, must remain the absolute,
or unknowable For us to speculate
about this is useless-yet reason and
| common sense must accept 1t.
This first cause is the one from which
all proceeds-eternal. immutable, bound
| less, sexless, without attributes, yet
containing all within itself.
The first manifestation is dual in its
principles, male-female, father-mother,
| spirit matter. These are the two primal
aspects of the one. Spirit represents
universal consciousness, matter cosmic
| substances; that is, the root and es-
sence of matter, from which every form
on each Of the seven planes of manifes-
tation is shaped On the lowest of the
| seven planes 1t Is gross, physical mat
ter; on the highest, something of which
we cannot now conceive. The manifes-
| tation of these two brings out third
| aspect, termed force or motion. Through
these three aspects of the one all mani
festation is carried on by means Of num-
| berless differentiations on all the differ
ent planes Of life, or consciousness.
suns, planetary systems worlds, all
are brought into being by spirit, univers-
| al consciousness, operating on cosmic
substance through force or motion. The
object of all this is the evolution of man
to evolve, or individualize souls. What
Is soul? 1t is a center in which a spark
or ray of the soul Of the universe is i'm
priSOned. Therefore the soul Is the body
| or vehicle of spirit-not spirit-for spirit
itself is purely subjective; while soul is
composed of the essence Of matter, spirit
ual substance.
AS there is one universal SOUL all souls
must come from that one source. This
| one consciousness must be in every
manifestation, from sun to a grain of
sand. The first faint spark of con-
sciousness in anything is a rudimentary
soul. To evolve, this tiny center Of
conscious being must be embodied many
times in all forms of each successive
| kingdom in nature. How else can all
experience, or practical knowledge, of
these Kingdoms be gained? And it is
only this knowledge that gradually
builds up the self-conscious human soul
which may become God.
While in the mineral kingdom It is
mineral soul, or consciousness; in the
plant, vegetable; in the animal, 1t is
animal 1t is only when the human stage
is reached that it becomes fully indi-
| vidualized and is then a human soul,
having within it the essence Of all it
garnered during its long pilgrimage
| through the lower planes of being.
There are as many degrees among
mankind as in the lower kingdoms,
| lTOHl the mere savage up TO
| the most highly developed being. It is
not logical nor reasonable to suppose
that the soul emerging from the animal
| plane could leap at one bound to the
pinnacle of human development. Ma
ture's law will not be set aside in any
solitary case. The only logical conclu-
| sion is that the soul slowly evolves up
ward through all human stages by means
Of q rebirth or repeated incarnations in
human bodies, fitted to it's states of
development. Therefore, reincarnation
Is necessity for the working out of the
| law Of evolution from strictly scientific
and philosophic standpoint.
From a moral and ethical point of
| view 1t Is quite as much a necessity. In
| no other way could justice obtain. How
| else could man reap as he has sown
| In no other way can the inequalities of
life, the apparently seeming injustice to
| the soul, on account of its present cir
cumstances and conditions, be account
ed for. 1t is in the place it has made for
| itself.
By no other means can the human
soul evolve from the ignorance and sell
fishness Of the mere brute into the di-
| vine purity and wisdom of universal
consciousness; become one with the God
in him, become himself God.
Simpson Tabernacle
There was a large audience present to
| near rev. y. y. Mclean, u. D., In S1mp-
son tabernacle yesterday morning on
| Commemoration of our Nations Inde-
pendence. The sermon was full Of pa
| triotic inspiration. The speaker said: /:
Humble fathers are training their sons
in essential manliness, in independence.
making them ashamed to beg and proud
to rely on their own resources. They
are patriots. The school teachers who
stand near to God, and the nations best
| interests, as they inculcate knowledge
and Righteousness, they are patriots.
The editor and reporter who cater not to
the baser interests of reading public,
but are true to their convictions of
right, fearlessly strikes for truth and
law and a nations honor, they are pa
triots. Statesmen, lawyers and doctors
who will not prostitute their professions,
| they are patriots. I see before me
mothers who are rearing their children
to serve God and to be true to our coun-
try's flag. They are writing better dec
larations Of independence than ever
| Thomas Jefferson inscribed.
Preceding the sermon Dr. Dunn and
Miss Delphine Todd sang an excellent
duet. My Faith Looks Up to Thee. At the
close Miss Todd sang with excellent ef-
feet; The Star Spangled Banner the
large audience Joining in the chorus.
1 In the evening DIR. Mclean preached
on Our Country and It's Lessons, from
Matthew xxi. 20: "Render unto Caesar
the things that are Caesars and unto
! God the things that are Gods.
The speaker said In part: