The herald., 1896-06-22

bills passed for robbing the country, and
we maintain our civilization is Chris
tian?
The only hope Of the nations is Christ.
Until liberal and orthodox churches and
all haters of churches begin to keep
Christ's sayings in earnest, we shall re-
main Christian in name only. While
there are millions of noble souls, living
Christ's sermon on the mount. as lights
of the world, yet our corrupt civilization
contradicts any one that says we have
q single Christian nation.
Every one that heareth these say
ings of mine, and doeth them not, shall
be likened unto foolinsh man that built
his house upon the sand"
s. Fitzpatrick
Theosophy for the People, was the
subject Of the lecture yesterday morn-
ing at Blavatsky han by Stanley Fitz-
patrick. The speaker said:
There seems to be general prevail
ing idea that the teachings of Theosophy
have been dealt out to a select few, and
that for the masses all these things are
and must remain sealed book. This Is
not the case. Theosophy Is, first and
foremost, for the people. 1t Is a teach
ing given to humanity. Who is human
ity? Does 1t comprise only the favored
few the strong, the cultured, the intel
lectual? Not SO. These are but an in
olSHlllCdHI pOTIlOll 11uIldHlIy lS Tic
human race-the entire family of man.
kind.
The law Of divine right-the one eter-
nal. absolute law Of justice, which Is the
law Of love, takes no cogniZance of these
petty distinctions and barriers raised up
by the ignorance, egoism and selfish
ness Of men. It Is the office Of Theoso-
ply to throw down these barriers. to dis
pei the darkness of ignorance and to
flood the world with the divine radiance
of truth. Who then shall say TheosO-
ply in not for the people-the great
toiling, suffering, groaning millions Of
mankind?
The millions suffer through ignorance.
1t Is because man is ignorant Of the
great basic truth of unity, the solidarity
of the human race. that we cannot.
Will not, recognizeall men as brothers.
Thus ignorance breeds selfishness and
causes him to isolate himself from 9TH
ers and attempt to secure his own well
fare regardless of the rights Of those
with whom he comes into contact. Then
follows wrong and oppression, slavery,
physical, mental and moral. Most Of
the pomp and pageantry, show and gilt
ter of the world has been obtained in this
way. But 1t Is dross instead of gold
and the world must be brought into a
more healthy way of thinking. There
must be some way found to alleviate
the suffering, poverty, ignorance and
misery under which the race now groans.
TheosophT points out the way. 1t
teaches maal that he and he alone is re-
sponsible for this condition of things:
that he Is only reaping now what he has
sown in past lives. This Is Karma-the
law Of cause and effect. which is the
unvarying law Of nature. The teach
ing of vicarious atonement Is largely
responsible for the evil condition of the
Christian world. Jesus never taught it.
1t Is a theological dogma, made to suit
the narrowness, bigotry and selfishness
of men. 1t is contrary to love and JUS
tice. 1t blunts the moral senses and
perceptions; it offers premium to cru
city. wickedness and crime.
The acceptance and belief in this doc
trine is rooted in the very lowest and
worst part of mans nature. He knows
that 1t Is wrong and unjust, yet through
his selfishness he accepts it. Now, what
has the world to expect from a religious
system built on such foundation?
Theosophy offers the most logical, phil
osophic and scientific system that has
ever been given to man. Reincarnation
Is not only fact but necessity of ma
ture, his work and futrue destiny is
without 1t, nor the human soul developed
to perfection. Without it each soul would
be only what he has made of himself
In one brief life, a manifest injustice and
oOouA0lty "A hlOWlc lcuSe OI man s na-
ture, his work and future destiny is
the knowledge that will save the people,
1t and 1t alone will show man how to
change his conditions. to advance on all
planes. the material. mental and moral
This Us why Theosophy is for the people.
DR.. c. c. ncLean
The morning services at Simpson tab
ernacle were well attended. Rev. c.
G. Mclean, D. D., took this occasion to
lay before his people the uuadrennial
address Of the board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church, as read by
Bishop Henry w. Warren on Saturday
morning, May I'd. and which was re-
quested to be read by all the pastors of
the church to their congregations
throughout the land. The pastor said:
This Is an exhaustive article and will
take some time. and may weary your
patience. but as this is the longest day
in the year, we can afford little more
time for Gods service than usual.
Brethren. beloved, elect of the
churches, servants of God, called to be
saints and sanctified in Jesus Christ:
We greet you in the name of the Great
Head of the church, and welcome you
to this Quadrennial concerning the
greatest interests of earth and heaven.
When the next general conference shall
meet we will be entering the portals of
the twentieth century. We desire to
close these nineteen centuries in a man.
ner helpful to men and satisfactory to
our Lord. There Is nowhere any great
er privilege. The words of the Master.
therefore. are of perpetual application,
Watch and pray, therefore, that We
enter not into temptation" God teaches
us that we should present our souls and
bodies a live sacrifice, every faculty,
power and possession devoted to his
service. Our Master gave us such an
example of fervor that he caused men to
remember, "The SOUL of Thine house
hath eaten me up" Paul wrote himself
down as the slave of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and said we are killed all the day
long" "The infinite Christ stands in
all the sad and sin-cursed ages, saying
to His church concerning every weari-
ness, want, deficiency and hunger of the
worlds great multitudes, Give them to
eat The multiplied bread from His
creative fingers Is abundant, enough
and to spare, basketsful are left over,
yet whole races get scarcely a crumb."
We most heartily congratulate the
church on the success of the last four
years. The country has been depressed.
The world has been in financial straits.
Great corporations have been wrecked.
Fortunes have disappeared like mist.
Mems hearts have failed from fear. But
the church of the Living God has moved
right on to certain victory. The King Of
Kings annually makes a draft on our re-
cruiting office in the church militant
for g. reinforcement Of the church trt-
umphant. This draft takes from US