The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-18
THE THEOSOPHISTS.
MEETING OF THE SALT LAKE So
GETTY YESTERDAY.
Mrs. Jennie A. Froiseth Speaks of
the Principles as Applied to Mod
ern charlottesville Lotus Circle.

Mrs. Jennie A. Froiseth presented an
able paper, before the Philosophical So
ciety Sunday morning. She gave clear
exposition of Theosophical principles and
showed from her standpoint that modern
education would be benefited if these
truths were adopted.
Moral principles ought to underlie the
very foundation of educational methods,
if these methods are to receive the ap-
proval of Theosophists. The children of
TheosophiSts should find in their educa-
ton the key to unlock the gate that bars
the entrance to the true path of life.
TheOSOphiStS should counterfeit all that
is deemed wrong in educational systems.
and inculcate the new system of
thought as a basis of future action.
There should be no break anywhere in
the educational system; both the home
and the school should each do their
parts in the great work. The first and
most essential aim of all should be to
develop the best traits in the individual
character and the least beautiful ones
| by proper teaching should be suppressed,
| conquered or eradicated. There is an
opportunity for stamping the character
indelibly with the qualities of kindness,
| benevolence, thoroughneSS, concentration,
a knowledge of personal responsibility,
/ and a desire for the service of man If
/ the proper principles are 1nculcated IN
! the first years of a childs life. The
Roman Catholic prelate knew whereof
| he spoke when he said: Give me the
| rrSt years OIL a cnllQ lie, anu WIZ
| likes may have the rest" Theosophists
| ought to be able to say: Give me the
| first seven years of child's life, and L
will see that the basis of his moral edu-
! cation is secured. He shall be taught
! thoroughly the elements of the law of
/ love. Give me the second seven years
! and his intellectual status will be such
that no Indifferent or incompetent
teacher can even subsequently bar his
| progress; thus love and wisdom shall go
| hand in hand"
Both Froebel and Pestalozzi. two of
/ the greatest infant teachers the world
| has known recognized the Importance
and insisted on the incubation of
| thoroughneSS and concentration Ihey
teaching and the present kindergarten
system is the offspring of their efforts
In fact there is every reason to suppose
that Froebers mind was illumined from
within and all the innovations he intro
| duced had a set purpose behind them. A
careful reading of his life and letters
will reveal the fact that his mind was
| perneated with what we term To-Day,
| Theosoph,c truth.
! A person who lacks thoroughness is in
! competent and to be competent IN the
trade, business, or profession one mas
| chosen is the first requisite demanded
| for success. Want of system and eX-
actness in daily work leads to negligence
and unreliability, which means loss of
/ time to himself and everyone with whom
he comes in contact. The old Hebrew
| adept spake no truer or wiser words
than these: Train UP a child in the way
ne should go, and when he is OLD ne VIII
sown in the first seven years OF child
life are the seeds that take the deepest
root and mould the adult character
A child can be taught that the law OF
| Kar-la is the same in the smallest things
| of life as in the greatest. Effect follows
cause in the nursery game, as well as IN
the most serious things OF the OUTSIDE
!" Knowledge no. of the workings of the great
law of knowledge can easily be FOL
lowed up by thoughts on reincarnatlon
until step by step he learns to unfold for
himself, leaf by leaf, the book of eternal
wisdom. There is no religion higher than
truth. Can we do better than to bring
this religion into our daily, life and can
we begin too soon to teach 1t?
Children are Graded as 1t were in I'M
truth. The falsehoods told the child are
harmless, but the fact remains that
truth has been preserved. Suppose the
little one stumbles and falls The conso-
Naughty table to hurt baby; baby take
his stick and beat the table.
This idea teaches VindictvenesS and
revenge Would it not be much better to
teach the child that the error was on his
side and that the table was not to blame
William Guam Judge once wrote these
words in a letter: do not Judge in anger,
for though the anger passes, the judg-
inert remains Let us paraphase this
sentence and is not the analogy the
same. DO not SOW III ldlS6nOOu, lOT
though the effect of the untruth may APP
parently pass away, the seeds will re-
main
In the school of life education ought to
bring forth unselfiShness, harmony, be-
nevolence and the principles of brother
hood otherwise ii is a failure. Our
watchword should be service to mankind.
At present reward, punishment and CLASH
tication play such important parts in the
school room that more essential points
are omitted from the course. Competition
| STILES charity and thus on the very
threshold of life is one prepared to take
been so neglected as to morality that the
great questions of the day are merely set
tied on a selfish basis Are political bat
ties fought for the sake of principle, or
for the claims of party?
We claim as nation political and relig-
ious freedom; as Theosophists we claim
freedom of thought and respect all dogma
or assumption of authority, so should we
prepare our children to take the same
stand Obedience we must have-a par
TALLY implicit-but not blind obedience
The time will come if we set our ener-
gies the right way to accomplish it when
our children will be educated according
to ethical ideas, and these will be reali-
ties to them. The evolution will continue
until the sixth race with its increased
spiritual perceptions will appear. But
the education that is to aid in bringing
this about must be the drawing out of all
that is best and noblest in each Individual
: CH9TdCttT-
The discussion which followed the paper
was quite lengthy. 1t was decided that
our present system of education is a
system Of examining and that the head is
receiving more training than the heart
Boys and girls are sent to college to
make ladies and gentlemen of them in
stead of useful citizens. A lady becoming
angry at her Irish domestic asked her
why she came to this country. The reply
was: ITO become a lady like the rest OF
you" This idea of gentility seems to be
the dominant factor in the life of today
BY taking up one line of work and learn
ing it thoroughly more can be accom-
plished than by fitting from subject tc
subject Then. too. there is no rush OF
hurry; eternity is before US to work out
the life problem, so what is not accom-
plished in this reincarnation can be com
pleted in the next
! The Lotus circle took up the subject
entitled: mo Change" All life has one
. source and there is a gradual development
from one stage to another.
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