The herald., 1896-07-06

only condemnation from Just God, no
matter what may be the promise Of
human-rather inhuman-teachers and
leaders.
War with any people or nation will
not bring Gods salvation to a. human
soul. No amount of personal piety,
without taking up arms in defense of
ones country, will save it from threat
ening disaster. Piety and patriotism
are Gods children.
THE great misfortune of the age is
| that SO many good men are not good
citizens, and that SC many good, law
| abiding citizens are not God-loving men,
! and multitudeS are neither good men or
| good citizens l emphasize good be-
| cause some are so good that they are
good-for no othing.
In the past history of the nations OF
| the world we have seen what an un-
| speakable blessing the religious patriot
| has been to his state. But for the inter-
cessicn of Moses his nation would have
| been destroyed; and there are many
other instances. God still moves in the
| afairs OF men and of nations. VINO
| can measure the effects of Washington
| and Lincoln's prayers upon the destiny
| OF the revolution and of the war OF the
| rebellion? Gods honor is bound up in
| the welfare of those who live for and
serve Him. and He will destroy or spare
a nation for their salvation.
| Where the publication Of politics is an
| iridescent dream its civilization becomes
| the same. This nation today owes its
existence not to the form of its gov
ernment, the wisdom of it's legislation.
the nature of it's institutions, nor the
| strength of it's armies but to the intelli
| gence that characterizes its people. 1t
| Is only hundred years since republic
! ousted God from it's counsels, wiped the
sabbath from it's calendar, and recorded
its shame with the human blood that
flushed it's streets So would it be with
| this great nation II the continental Sun
day should be instituted in it's wide do
mains. Respect of the Sabbath makes
the people more intelligent morally, and
moral Intelligence Is the foundation up
on the solid base of which good govern
ment must be built, If it would be truly
! good. AS much as men may look to
party principles, let 1t be remembered
| tnat IL is not party name nor party affil-
iations, nor party principles, but right
| eousness, that exalteth nation
| =. Although the bugle no longer calls
TO arms, our country's peril calls every
man to duty as dubious and as uncer-
tam as in the dark days. of 1S61-65 to
| save 1t from being split asunder Never
was there a greater need of a true. en-
lehtened, country-loving, godly pa
triotism than now" d
Theosophicat
Karma the Cure for Trouble was the
subject of a lecture by Stanley Fitz-
patrick delivered yesterday morning at
Biavatsky hall, 525 West Fifth street.
The speaker said
| The great problem of human life the
strangest, saddest thing is it's sorrow.
| None are exempt. Pain, suffering, mem
tai unrest, are known by the rich and
most envied as well as by the poor and
| most miserable. If sadness and disap-
| DOinfmpnt net TO oil
more bitter the lot of those who are snf-
fering from hunger, cold and the inabili-
| ty to provide for dear and helpless ones
Everyone asks, Why Is there such
suffering in the world? The political
economist replies that it is a necessary
| consequence of our high state of civili-
| zation. which brings in it's train busi-
ness. workmen. capital luxury, pauper-
ism and slavery; that this is right; that
as the strongest brute conquers other
| animals, so the stronger or more cum
ming mind should subjugate his fellows
and use them for his profit andpleasure.
| The candidate for office tells us that the
laws are wrong and must be changed
| The clergyman tells the poor man that
it is the will of God that he should suf-
fer and that it is his duty to submit
| that 1t has pleased this same God to
make some of his children rich and
, happy and some others poor and miser-
able.
None of these answers satisfy those
who are able to think and reason for
themselves. High civilization sounds
we'll, but it scarcely covers the ground.
| For why should one portion of humanity
be plunged into the most abject misery
| that another portion may be highly civ
ilized? Better laws might be made, but
this would not cure all the ills of life.
/ Partially and capriciouSneSS in God
is even less satisfactory. The cold, the
hungry, the wretched pauper cannot
| feel reverence or love for such a God.
He thinks only, and thinks most bit
terly of his misery and pain. Some
better solution must be found. AS yet
science, philanthropy, political agitat-
ors, theologians, have offered no reas-
| enable explanation of existing evils-no
cure for the sorrows and troubles Of life.
A large part of the world has sunk into
despair and thinks the only way is to
| passively accept the. inevitable. But
these conditions need not always be-
there is remedy. The wave of evolu-
tion is sweeping on with power and
force that is irresistible. 1t will not be
| stayed. Laws, customs, conditions must
all change-give way before this great
| primal law of nature, which is the law
of progress.
Theosophy has given a new teaching
| to the world, yet not new in one sense,
| for it has been taught by all great teach
| ers. but new to this, our present time
| and race. 1t has been lost and forgotten,
though taught by Buddha, Zoroaster.
| ConfuciuS and Jesus. Its fundamental
| doctrines are the three laws of evolu-
| ton, reincarnation and karma. These
| three are III effect one, since no one of
| them can be carried on or do it's work
| without the aid and cooperation Of the
| other two.
! Karma is the aspect of the law with
| which we are at present concerned. 1t
| is a Sanskrit word, and the briefest
definition our language admits Is "the
| law of cause and effect; of action and re-
| action" This, however, covers but a
| small portion of the real meaning. 1t
| Is the law which underlies and governs
| the entire universe. Anyone may see
| with little consideration that it is a
| universal law. Every cause produces
| it's adequate effect. This, therefore, can
show no partiality or injustice. Jesus
taught this most emphatically when
| he said, "As a man sOws, so shall he
| reap" mot every man who sayeth,
| Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king
| dom, but he that doeth the will of the
Father" Doing the will of the Father
is conforming to the law, setting up
| good causes that good effects may fol-
low. We are now suffering the effects
| of causes we ourselves made in this or
in past lives.
When men come to an understand
ing of this it takes away the feeling of
that no unjust God is to blame for their
| FA, tl,a @