The herald., 1896-01-31


of the opinion that more stringent rules
should be observed, especially in ari isona.
as to vaccination. The major was one OF
General Beale's closest intimates, and of
the heroic Sam Bishop. This is his first
visit to Los Angeles since 1872, and of
course he is much surprised and pleased at
its beauty and size.
The oratory of the street, and that heard
in some of the more prominent places of
gathering for their followers in your city,
said Rev. X. A. Brison. remind me of the
teachings of the fanatics called Brethren
of the Free Spirit, who for nearly two
centuries, beginning with he thirteenth,
diffused themselves SO widely over France.
Germany and I'.iiy. They look their name
from he ''freedom of the spirit" which
they claimed in virtue of the words of ST.
Paul. Romans viii, v. 2-24, maintaining
that he true sons of god are exempt from
law. They made their first appearance in
Alsace in the thirteenth century and soon
attracted notice by their singular attire,
their travelling in troupes. accompanied by
women whom hey called sisters and with
whom they lived famlliarly. They taught
that all things emanated from God,
and will revert back into him; that
rational souls are part of the Divine
Being; that the whole universe is God;
that man by turning his thoughts inward
is united inexplicably with the First Cause
and becomes one with Him; and that
those who are so immersed in the vortex
of the Deity attain TO psffect freedom and
become divesied not only of the lus.s but
the instincts of nature. From these prin-
cples they inferred that the free man.
absorbed in God. is himself God, and Son
of God, in the same sense in which Christ
is called the Son of God: and that, as such,
he Is raised above all laws human and d.
vine; to such a drgree that according to
come of them, the god-hke man cannot
sin, do what he may: either because the
soul, being e evated and blended with the
divine nature, is no longer affected by the
actions of the body. or because the emo
tons of the soul, after such union, become
in reality the acts and operations of God
himself, and, therefore, though apparently
criminal and contrary to the law, are real
ly good aud holy, because God is above all
lawl These immoral and blasphemous
principles are commonly uttered in the
places have referred to. The most fam
Gus exposi or of this heresy was one Ort-
lieb, an Asatian in 1912. He was succeed
ed by "Meister Eckhart" and by the Ad M
ties who figure SO prominently in Hussite
history.
An amusing instance of absent.minded-
ness caused much laughter on the incom-
ing train from San Francisco yesterday
morning. Just outside of the city limits,
said j. K. Grierson, St. Paul business
man, a gentleman of studious appearance
was getting his belongings in shape 10
leave the train at the Arcade depot. On
one side of him lay his clerical soft hat; On
the other some orange peel and the re-
/ mains of a lunch on a little pile of we'll
thInbed newspapers. With a rapt look
in his face and eyes, he carefully made
neat package of he debritus, and then for
a moment or two seemed lost in thought or
a ia Ir,lx N h
he gently raised the window and through it
threw his clerical hat so new. He soon
after found that package of orange peel
and remnants of stale ham sandwiches
would not tit his head or serve as a castor.
G. H. Boardman, we'll known Portland,
Me-. lawyer, said at the Hollenbeck: Why
is it that advertisers and others in direct
ing stranger say. "Brown's office is in
the Bryan block" or "Smith and his wife
are at the Abootsfori inn," and seem in
capable of being able TO name the street
whereon these structures may be found.
1t seems to be sui generis with Los Ange-
les people and causes some astouishment
on the part of the visitor. Talking with a
| legal friend to whom had an Introduction
few minutes ago | a ked him where his
office was. he named building and the
number of his room, but when / asked him
the name of the street he was stuck.
Bernard Gillian, the wonderfully clever
cartoonist and chief man on the Judge
staff, said T. II. K hight of the New York
Times at Illich's yesterday. was not only
an artist, but one of the most scholarly
and loveable men 1 ever met. Not an
enemy had he among the hosts of Journal
lists. and other denizens of Bohemia in
New York city. His kindness and gener-
osity were often taxed to the utmost, as
much by he impecunious scribe as the
strapped setter of type. In many ways he
was like his friend Eugene Field, espec-
tally in the purity of his life. his de esta-
ton of coarse or profane talk, his love of
children and his almost idoatrous worship
! of the accomplished lady who is now
widow. That they should have both de-
parted this life in their prime and at such
a small interval is singular" Mr. Knight
is OFF duty for much needed rest, and is
with old friends at San Pedro.