The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-21

oaGycs IL has itself sci ur. aud must rein
oainAte from tihe I, iime TO near the
when on earth before. winch haze LIS
! II t,d the djv!uc harmony of the uni
N'rse. ms o'a of karna IS no new one.
Ter I has been taught for ages ana rec
osl GOD as a Truth 10y thousands OF pep-
p.e: - I'aul embodied IL in has wotds,
wv LatsoeNcr a man sowetn, 'hat tha'i
sair, "Ju1Ga not, that We be not 1uur"d.
for with what measure ye. mett, II snan
hs measured to YOU again. Ana, comm :
down 10 our own day. Emerson say. .
Every act 'ewards rsth. cause and Ell
feet, means and 'nds. seed and fruit cin
IN BE- severed. for the effect always
blooms in the cause. the end prc-cNists II.
M mans; ih' fruit IN the .',ed
OF Il governed by chance. 1hcy not
4 b. co-ruleis and IT law dominates the
iuriVersr IN ono instance 1t must rule IA
all. And trlt Jaw does rule no VIII
! deny. II we put our hand into the are
we w.ll surely be burned WE may after,
wards regret tligt We aid so. but mat VIII
| ret lessen me effect. and we must suii'i
| l'ut through thu knowledge thus gained
We learn not 70 repeat The hunder. Ana -
the soul makes mistakes and while u
! may regret and repent, Vet that does not
! ~ m Ne the consequences nor 'ahr away
! tho reapons h-liiy ioi an act once CON
ritted. And SO this soul must lrinci.r
| maze and reap the effects OF the ca,iacs
1t has sown. for as every one knows an
ettirc NE nf evil may he lived without
! any punishment whatever IN that life.
and as II is only reasonable that sins com
| the flesh. the soul must return 80 icnrn
| by experience the suffering 4 caused
OF patient self sgorific. and earnest en-
dunvur VIII currespondingly advance ille
soui 30 thnt in the next lie Nili more
\ opportunities Will he opened to benefit
| mankind. AZ IN our past lives We have
hci in motion many causes ana We
| are constantly making new eausos n our
! present f.vcs. so We ,,in not work out ,ntt
nsHul : 81 these causes IN one or two lives
| bat must come back many times before
1.sl
| perfected.
and wc can here divide kaima into three
| classes. T. int. thai which has nor h"afn
10 produce any effect ~ this liic becaise
We are Working out the rflrrt OF rome
other cause SECOND. that karma wpien
We arc now making by our thoughts ana
acts. and winch MN operate n tbc ;uturc
! lives of the soul, or when some nnsi kaf-
| ma 8 removed. Under this mead come 4
| those cases of sudden rcverscs OF fortune
! or changes for The better winch 80 often
| occur IN" French engineer, be Lesavps,
| p.ioh of glory and then tall ny IN Disgrace.
NAPOLEON is another. Ana. 'hlrd, there $
tl'at knrmn which we are living OUT nov.
the results which we are reaping for the
| cruses we have sown. And finally there
Is, another kind Of knrma IN which We
| all have part and that is the karma nt
our race. store dhrowu INTO a pool viii
disturb not only it's surface. bat rs depths
as well. No man can think d good ihoagnt
somewhat the letter for II. and no man
en- IN aga ny bis higher nature, witnnlt
Lowering the moral standard Of the wioir
world to somc extent.
| In connection with klrma the question
| Of free VIII naturally nriSes, and some
10 think that because cur position IN this
| life Is the outcome of former lives. that
| we are ,nled by chcnce and hDYc Ia
an illustration. a. train runs from here
| - Chicago, we know that the train Will
go there and that If We once get on SIC
| can not get off until we reach the destina-
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