The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-13

stranger In our midst. Browning
shows the Simplicity of an animals
life in these lines: Irks care the crop
full bird? Frets doubt the nav
crammed beast? But in mans life
| there is always a restless reaching out
for some higher thing to grasp. AS
soon as his desires are controlled and
lessened then the other region is
opened UP to him. In seeking for the
highest good we may believe in no
renglon, no creed; it makes no differ
ence, we recognize that embodiment
must come from our inner selves She
refers to the past that many persons
claim they are disciples, who really
at heart believe they are, but in this
they are deceived. They may wish to
attach themselves to an organization
devoted to an unselfsh life but if
| their motives have root in pride then
| their claim to discipleship is not well
| founded. The test is not in our claim
] or desire to be, but in what we are.
| SO long as the selfish element enters
our heart and is retained. the law does
| not recognize us as absolutely selfless
or even approximately SO. Theosophy
| shows us that we are entering upon
plane of life from which we will
receive strength and we will finally
| perceive that we are constantly
weighed. There are two doctrines
which guide US, the head doctrine and
| the heart doctrine. Intellectual people
! 90 not seem to have a religious basis
because they are guided by the head
doctrine solely. Amongst the lowly
we sometimes find a beautiful senti-
ment of spirituality on account of
uhelr being swayed by the heart doc
Urine. 10 form perfect life a union
OF the head and heart doctrines is
necessary a Oh Sc -
may cause one to be cold and selfish,
and If the former is not present many
FOOLISH action may ensue, so both go
hand in hand. He who possesses
numllty and patience is in harmony
with the universe and follows the path
which leads to rest and calm
Inc VOW of poverty is a power 1t
IS the power to say, at each instant
and to the law: Thy will be done;'
Inc - power to abandon hopes, fears,
plans, codes and thoughts To see
each moment dawn as 'twere the last,
| yet to live it as though it were eter-
| nal. TO have no, rights, no wrongs.
no mental possessions To see all
| thlngs, even the innermost, appear and
| disappear as life now forms and now
dlssoiVes. To lay claim to nothing
save to patience; supreme content
The great teachers who have come
which we term human. They could
not have been such great leaders if
they had not been in touch with man
kind. They are only sent into the
| world when they are needed, and they
must not be too far in advance or
they will fail to accomplish their mis-
sion. These teachers possessed the
same human elements as ourselves,
but they had a holding center. The
nelD6rS q
away, but there are always a few who
have the qualities which will keep
them at their posts. This is we'll il
Illustrated in the disciples of Christ
Some who followed him failed to grasp
the inner side of his teaching, and
when the test came, fell away. But
| those who understood stayed with him
until the last. The whole key of disci-
pleship is, Thy will be done In our
struggles with life, if we pause to
| think, we f1ndfthat circumstance over
which we have no control arise. If we
lose child, or friend, our grief is bit
| ter, but it is selfish sorrow, for the
parting may have been for the best.
>So> if we meet such trials with patience
we become initiated into the band who
are working for supreme content.
! When the time comes we understand
| that the light comes out of the light.
''On the outer plane there is no real
| peace, but only a base compromise,
with which the flaming Christ-sword is
i forever at war; Not all who have taken
the vow wear an aspect of external
amia'bility. The mendicant is a
stranger to professions of sweetness
and light. He neither expects nor in
Vites sacrifice and pain. He bleSses
the law when it gives and when it
takes. He takes hold and quits alike
indifferently, so far as he himself is
| concerned, and for his erring fellows
| grieves in silence, not with that au-
| dible pity which is itself a form of self
| complacency.
This paper is not based on an ideal
| condition; 1t is based on absolute eX-
! perience. While we may not feel it
ourselves, this is the calm which the
whole world is striving to attain. A
man passes for what he is worth, no
matter what his professions may be.
Life is a beautiful thing, if we strive
for the right ideals If we have moth
ing to fear, nothing to lose, our sor-
rows will disappear and we will
emerge from the shadows among
which we have been cropping, and see
before us a wide plain bathed in rosy
light.
Consolation.
All change, no death, this thou has
Not by thy leaving, but thy coming
| here
To mingle with thy fellows. Like unto a
bright and morning star.
Art thou, whose soft and steadfast light
unmoved,
Still shines, in hearts attuned to thine
Afar or near, its ray points to the
path of sweet content, and fear
Is lost in the calm assurance of eternal
light and life.
We need not mourn because of thee, brave
soul,
For thou vast conquerer, ere thou lay
the casket
Down to rest, thy victory over self was
victory over all.
So when the hour did come, an angel
touched thee
And reckoning bid thee rise to join the
song of immortality.
] This poem was dedicated to the Salt
Lake branch and relates to the recent
death of Mr.. w. l. Judge.
represent the Salt Lake branch as
proxy at the annual Philosophical con-
! ference which will be held in New
/ planned. The convention will begin it's
will be the election of a president.
! THE RAY.
If you can penetrate purse
And take" the coins within it resting;
If you can photograph ones bones
Inside the flesh that's them investing;
Forebodings must perforce arise.
Lest, as your wondrous skill advances,
/ a he a