New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
THE BROTH ERHOOD or NAN.
4 LECTURE on THEOsOPHY BY NJ H.
PHELPS.

,,s- c.,a given ast evening before the
p.,o,,i,,, pranch Of the Theosophical Society AT
,,oir hall No 4st Classon-av on Theosophy' py NJ
| II Phelps Of Ncw-York ,.
Mr. Phelps spoke Of tho great vgor anu N''di,'s
| shown hv the Theosophcal movement SIn'e ''''
convention Of the society held III New '''n 81
AnriI 1896 That convention. he said. showed so
, ,os,ross dcyotion and determination
.rnorr tho members that the project was conceived
| ~ making q worldwide propaganda OF the phlloso-
nhv Accordingly. funds were imnleu'''H ' '
| and a partv of seven men and women I'""eu ~
Mrs Katherine A. Tlnglcy. sailed from Ne"-io'N
for that purpose on June l' ~ ,,
81 had the good fortune" continued MT fne'PS'
.,o have taken passage on that ship and Jaw much
M the party on the voyage. Among tho lhciu'n's
NJ the voyage there was ore whicn made u'eP
,nnresslon upon me. I wish that might descrpe
I; TO YOU adequately. for 1t struck the K'Eho'' u
,,e whole movement II was TheosophiraI meet
lng held I'm the stecraGc lou kho" "''""S
ma, Theosophlsis feel strongly for the poor ana
o,leavor 20 kc practical application or the great
d,,trne Of human brotherhood. which TINS ph"oS-
ONLY so vigorously emphasizes; but you woui" nav
had 4 decpcr realization OF the profound hon "h''"
this s.nn,en, cen take in the human heart had you
been present on that occasion The 'crn" was S'''h-
ing There WIS only narrow. dimly light'd nan
r,a,. for tho sneakers and audience no cnalrs ana
hardly standing room for the hundred or so persons
prcs.nf The were FOR the most part poor ana
Wfcratc and even ragged: but they crowded ABOUT
tho kcrs with caRernoss and listened with an
ln,.niness which was pathetic And there occurred
, thing which 70 inc surprising had not
board that Mrs Tlngley va speaker. but the
contrary on several occasions had e'rd her All
dress audiences. bit always reading from manu-
scriut ! was not prepared 20 see her rise ana 'n-
lr.-s those poor people with great bea"F Oh ''''-
euage and oiodu"ncc Of Expression. h"' 'l' ~
planniion VIZ not far 10 seek Shc was oy'I"nty
inf t.u ID I
r,,,s.-l h, lifelong contact with and lifelong Work
..n,,.g IN. poor Her words seemed 20 com"
.,rairh, from n" heart and laden with kindness
sh. told them how she had learned her best lessons
,,,u. thc poor: how she had found among them a
Aladn.s. and gcncro~it, not 70 Doe found TN any
,,hcr class how She had seen th'm. while suffer
u, Themselves for food. sharing their moAGrc pos
...-ous with others poorer stll, how u was Nh"
greatest hopc of her lie to bring Th"osophy TO the
po,- a.. o. consolation IN their sumering the Hight
the soui in iho heart II was a striking sccn"
rl,. feeling of the heart had endowed Mrs Tneley
..lth the power OF the oratpr-ihc golden touch of
cloquoncc
Then others spoke cloquently and earnestly Mrs
Nr.ghuoy ana Me>srs. Itrrrpye. Patterson
and Wright told them. in i'nsnas" they could
understand. how all men are sparks from the
Divine. evolving from oommon 'o"r,c ,o
,h.y afo on. IN c~sencr and origin. how. "Is'.
they aro brothers ~ me minp'rN' '.''.iI
experience AN going through similar irni~ ~. ~.
,.i,.lrr iuV.r4 uf mind and spul hf lik" 'fruHEi"N
and -IncrluG-. ami fhry "'f' 'pln 81 ihAi @tfn''-
ural aw ~ the uniscrs' Ia real a~ the ia" oi trf!-
lfior that uns.lnshncss must Doe praciiscd. II MAN
would develop. illt man can onli progress. lh Any
nifi sense b. work for Others. hl un~"ln-h lte.
D., ai'ruiSm. that. = our d0'< progress nhoN" MS
IN and wall. and while waiting. help the Others
on f1r the common bond r. strong that II cannot
lr Il srogtrd inai. therefor human brotherhood
is no metaphor hut a fact iu nature, which cannot
hc ignored except At th" risk ot individual d'Ntruc-
flp1. 'laf thiS the chief mcs~tg OF TdtuSOphy
10 the world And then th"} W." told OF thAt
otlor glorious message Of Th"O- pphy - humanity,
ilif oi human free iom. Th.t life ~ NOT tr"dlmill
hIi a training school. that W suffer only because
have done wrong. ana u "" do wrong "" VIII
which n man could bat understand. hc would b"
satisfied. that troubles only for the purpoS" Of
training md developing -" powers of tn" human
soul anI purifying &c. and that uatur" b. = Kind
o. Irh'r. ana VIII never train 700 iaf We huf
so men are free There = no porer on earth or
bow" the earth which can modify our liv"s except
oursrye-. Tn" path leads from the very spot wh"r"
Divine and that path IS simple. Il f. ih" perform
auce " duty, the living Of KIND generous ana
brotherly lives. They might think th"ms"lNcs frlm.
M, He'd hy poverty. by hardship. hf disease. bur II
,hov lived lives Of hrofncrlucss and Kindness these
- hAckl.s would certainly fall from them.
And they tOld that the olj't Of thi@ cr1s1d"
w4s TO carry around thu world these messages. 80
glfhor together among the nations men ana women /
I'm sufficient numbers 20 make fh"s" principles vial
and effective in Nc In institutions. I'm govern !
inont and thus alleviate and brighton ihe condl-
flnu of MI mon. and particularly Of the 10Dr
NJ Phelps spOkr at considerable l'nEin o' other :
activities Of the sOri"ty. II announced that
le-iure would be- given every Sunday cv ming dur !
Thursday evening oa Thcosophy md related sub /
leris to All of which the public was invited.