Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-27
ruEosornY is THEIR CREED.
Three Hundred Members of the Amer
lean UrnncH Meets.


America since its reorganization and the
tenth in its history opened in Madison con-
cert hall today. Delegates from the los
branches Of the society in America, as we'll
as prominent representatives from England
ireland and Canada, Venezuela Cuba and
Holland numbering fully 300 were present
when Acting President DR.. j. d. Buck Of
Cincinnati called the convention TO order
Boston sent delegation Of thirty-four mem
beis Of the various branches In that city
Among TT Sc delegates were George M Cuf-
fin, Washington, d. c.; Il. r.. Rambo Dr.
J. A, Anderson, San Francisco: Mrs. Ada NJ
Bell and Emily s. Bouton Toledo; l.. b.
Howard, Menominee, Mich; Elizabeth d. Pal
ton. Churchport, La; Alpheus L. Smith, Mrs.
A. D.. Leonard, C, A, Oer, Mrs. +. Pratt and
M SIS Eva Flates, Chicago; j. A. JeWe t, Nash
vile, Tenn; Misses T. NJ. and NJ. l.. Munson
Denison Tex; V. r. Aicheson and Anne L.
Aicheson, Youngstown, o.; Anne NJ. McDcr-
mott, Fontanele, La; J.. d. Bond, Fort
Wayne, Ind. NJ. A. opperman. Pltsburg. Pa. !;
and Mrs. Julia Verplanck Keghtley, Phila-
delphia.
Acting President Buck delivered the open
ing address. After dwelling upon the work
accomplished by, the society during the past
year and Its present prosperous condition he
referred touchingly to the late leader Will
lam @. Judge.
TRIBUTE TO THEIR LEADER.
our leader was stricken with a fatal
disease, he said, yet so well had he done
MS work, so compact proved the organiza-
tion he had formed, that even now. when
we have to record his disappearance from the
field OF conflict we record also a steady ad-
vance in the Theosophica society work
Space nor time can measure nor can sick
ness and death defeat the accomplishment of
the work in which we are engaged By and
by the world at large will realize as we do
now the meaning and value of that work
Then will the names Of II. p. Blavatsky and
William @. Judge be honored for and meas
ured by their share in the work. Then will
the world learn why we honor their memory
today. But that day will not come till, with
dtssolving creeds and the blight of material
ism, humanity cries with bleeding heart and
weary feet for the pearls of truth from the
great fountain of wisdom; that the great
telling, striving masses do not now under
stand, do not desire or seek and sometimes
scorn and ridicule the idea of the existence
of certain knowledge, only proves how low
our civilization has sunk in the slough of
materiallsm already. The external indiffer-
ence and internal serenity with which we
face Misrepresentation and ridicule has sur
prised even our detractors. 1t never seems
to occur to them that they are openly con-
victing themselves, not us. and that they
are too ignorant of the subject even to be
decentIy ashamed. People are ready to
listen.
IF we fail and grow weary we deserve
only the scorn and contempt of mankind.
Our literature extends down to the
masters laid the foundations of the
pyramids, solved the riddle of the sphynx
and mapped out the consultations. The
mysteries of Greece, from which Pythagoras
and Plato learned their secrets and became
immortal in the memory of man, lie open to
us. The SHEPPARD kings and the wise men
CT the east are our elder brothers. What
are all these hoary secrets but a knowledge
of the origin, nature and destiny of man,
and the method of his higher evolution? We
can demonstrate this step by step and so
help to restore the lost chord in the weary
pilgrimage of the human SOUL. This is the
mission of theosophy. Some o. US recognize
the power that is back of this movement
We don't work unaided or alone, The best
we can do is to open up a way for those
wiser than we, to work for the same great
end" -
OFFICERS ELECTED.
E. B. Rambo of San Francisco, was chosen
temporary chairman and Elliot B. Page of
New York was named as permanent secre-
tary The chairman then appointed com
mittees on resolutions and credentials.
Claude Falls Wright nominated Dr. Buck as
chairman, and he was unanimously
elected, The annual reports of the secre-
tary and treasurer we're then read and ap-
proved. Resolutions were adopted eulogizing
the late president of the society, William
Q. Judge, and calling upon all members
to offer themselves anew upon the altar of
sacrifice and to pledge their lives, fortunes
and sacred honors to endeavor to push for
ward to its full completion that ideal and
perfect brotherhood Of humanity, which shall
be without distinction of race, creed and
caste, and which was born in America amid
blood and tears in 1915 and reincarnated in
1875, and attained its manhood in 1885, until
America shall become that which the
guardians of the race and Karmah have
already decreed-the hope of humanity, the
refuge of the oppressed, the protector of
the weak and the light toward which the
whole world may turn for encouragement
and example.
The committee reported a ;resoution de-
nouncing in scathing terms the bartering
of occult powers and the indiscriminate use
the ignorant. Added to the resolution was
a section condemning viyisection.. Several
in, and the resolution was tabled.
resolution was also adpHted euloglzing
the late Baron de Hirschi and declaring
that he was one of natures noblemen" and
a true theosophist in the aim Of his life
and the basis of his conduct.
The following officers were elected: For
president and treasurer, e. A, Neresheimer,
New York; executive committee. DR.. Buck,
Claude Falls Wright, New York,
Jerome A. Anderson, San Francisco, A. II.
Spencer. New York II. T. Patterson, Brook
lyn, and DR.. A. p. Buchanan, Fort Wayne,
Ind
At the night session of the convention a
bust of William O. Judge was unveiled and
Claude Falls Wright announced that the So
ciety had decided to establish in this city
a school for the revival OF the lost mysteries
which were known in the early history of
Greece and India
CONVENTION AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, April 26-The tenth annual
convention of the American section of the
Thsosophical society was held here today.
1t was but a small gathering Of the old
organization. Representatives were present
from Chicago San Francisco, Portland, St.
Paul Minneapolis. Toronto. MusHegon, Mich
Tacoma, Toledo, Los Angeles, East Las Vegas
and Boise City.
The annual report of General Secretary
Alexander Fullerton OF New York was read.
The report dsplored the se,nisin of year ago,
congratulated the American section on hold
ing together, and predicted assistance from
tha masters, including Our great and beloved
leader, III. p. b." 1t was announced that the
third edition of the secret IaFp'' will shortly
be published in Chicago and london. The
constitution was amended, the only matter
Of importance being the changes Of the time
Of tLe annual convention from the fourth
Sunday in April to the second Sunday in
June, The following officfrs were then
elected for the ensuing year: General sacre-
tary and treasurer, Alexander Fullerton of