The herald., 1896-07-06

contain the potencies of their source and
that each is in the process Of expanding
these potencies into actuality Theo-
sophy says that not only is there physi.
cal evolution but mental and spiritual
evolution, as well, and that the alter
alton and perfection of form Is the neces-
sary result of the operation and expan-
sion OF consciousness. During the long
journey of the soul from the Divine
through matter and back to it's sourca.
| our philosophy does not admit of any-
thing not just and according to the reign
OF law. whatsoever man soweth that
| shall he also reap"
At the First M. e. Church
In the morning at the First M. e.
church Rev. DR.. John A. B. Wilson
preached on The Cost of the Accom-
plishment of the True Mission of Life,
1t being a sequel to hts sermon of the
| previous week. He said. in part:
No greater mistake can be made than
| to suppose that our zeal and love is to
be seen, understood, appreciated and
rewarded as we toll for humanity. Those
who go In with the Master to save others
| need expect no appreciation from those
receiving the greatest benefit And this
| Is the most fruitful source of discour-
| agement to the young and ardent, who,
knowing the purity of their own motives
and actions, find themselves in receipt
of deunuciation as frauds or fools in
| stead of applause for zeal and unselfsh
| devotion to the cause of philanthropy.
And too often they give 1t up and settle
| down upon existing crystallized moral
| attainments, instead of advancing the
sentiment of their time to a higher
| plane.
| The anti-slavery agitators were the
| filth and offscouring Of the earth in their
| day, yet the world was not worthy Of
| them. The temperance agitators of the
most advanced thought are beginning
! to count their martyrs. Whoever COM
| bated for, or lifted, a human being
| Godward but at the cost of personal
suffering and sacrifice? When Wilber-
| force first introduced his anti-slavery
! bill into parliament an old peer said to
| him, 80 you aspire to be a reformer of
mems manners, young man? Well"
| pointing to a painting of Christ on the
cross, that is the end or reformers."
Why is 1t so? Who can tell? 1t may be
| necessary.
Possibly if the reward was too immed
| late and motives were quickly read.
| even bad men would turn reformers on
| speculation. And it remains that he
| who would lift the world must do so at
the expense of ease and safety, and often
| of life itself.
Careless seems the great avenger;
historys pages but record one deaths
| grapple in the darkness, betwixt old
! systems and the Word.
Right forever on the scaffold;
Wrong forever on the throne;
| Yet that scaffold sways the future,
| And behind the dim unknown
| Standeth God, within the shadows,
Keeping watch above his own"
Compensation may be found in this
order of things from the fact that we
| are paying to the future our debt to
the past. Our present civilization was
purchased at the same price. All the
| advances of our present were wrung
from the conservative hands of the
1 past at the price Of blood; and blood is
sprinkled on all the raiment of those
that won them from us. Shall 1t ever be
| SO? Count the cost today. Better be a
servator than deformed reformer, "who
| began building and was not able to
finish"
At St. Paui's
At st. Paul's church the Sons and
Daughters Of the Revolution attended
| divine service. A special form of pray
| ers had been authorized for the occasion
| by Bishop Johnson. being the service
| used in the city of New York upon
| similar occasion The choir sang the
| TIE Deum upon entering the stalls, and
the special psalm was read by the clergy
and congregation. The Nioene Greed
was grandly sung by the choir and the
Old Hundredth by the congregation, af-
ter which the Rev. John Gray. chaplain
of the society in the state Of California,
| ascended the pulpit and preached the
sermon from Acts. 1928: But Paul said
I was free born"
The rector dwelt upon st. Paul as the
| exemplar of intense devotion and loyalty
to the natural and religious traditions
Of his countrymen. of the surrender of
his great personality to the defense Of
the faith of his fathers, passing thence
to his change of mind into the larger
light of a greater liberty until he might
| justly be described as the truest of all
patriots, a man who repented Of his mis-
takes to become an apostle Of that true
| freedom whose highest ambition is to do
Gods will perfectly and benefit man
kind most truly. With st. Paul he COM
pared the character Of Washington. a
| man not unmindful OF the heritage Of the
high privilege Of the Anglo-Saxon peo-
| pie, but quick to perceive and ready to
\ lead people whom God had chosen to
| show forth new and larger pattern Of
liberty free from political oppression
and distinguished by that great Declar-
alton OF Independence that in the sight
| of God and before the bar of human JUS
tice all men are created free and equal
| He also passed in review to the differ
| ence in the historic positions OF the old
| communities in the far east and our
own states in relation to the Revolution
] ary battlefields, and spoke Of the in
| spiration gathered by those who were
privileged to live near those sacred
| spots. and of the high privilege which
| the sons Of the fathers enjoy in this fair
land of impressing his growing life with
the spirit Of the first great Americans.
Spirituaism
| At Music hall yesterday the Harmon
| ial Society of Spiritualists held their u.s.
| ual meetings. Mrs. Ada Foye, who,
| through temporary indisposition, was
unable to serve at either meeting, has
been retained by the society for the next
| three months for Sunday evenings only.
At 2:30 am the alleged guides of Mrs.
| Ann Rush gave some pratical instruc-
| ton and Mrs. Maud Freitag closed the
| services with tests. At 1880 pm. Mrs.
Maud Freitag delivered an earnest adj
| dress, Do Thyself No Harm. Mrs. Frei-
| tag closed the services with seance for
| tests and messages.
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