The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-16

ana cSmprebeod ana reve.a.ion. Il IL
is 10 reveal ans thing. must gecessSFiiy
meats ., The numan intellect. Therefore
no religion can bc Absolutely true ahd
aoue caa be arso.u.ely false 4 relig on
IS true in proportion as II supplies the
spiritual, mora. and intcllec;Ia. needs ot
TIE time aad he!ps the deveopmeni OF
mankind In these ,eSr~e-s n : false IN
proportion as /; l.uaefs that duNclop-
MON.
When Theosophy is il-s; hroleh, 10 the
a;tlat,On OF mo aVcrlea Christian Of to-
dAY. about tie nrs. occs,ton be ASKS -,
"Wha; docs Theosophy say 81 Christ aui
CHus;!aa.ly?" Ana IN mos; cases ne mas
seeking 20 scar down all q Christianity
Opposing MI ~ -. ,farnlags FUR
from It. In the ,irs: place. raeosopay IS
not religion b,; a pn.osopay. al once
religious and scie.'t.i-o '','..'S he thief work
so Ear CT the TheosopA.cal society has
been 10 revive In eaen religion rs an.-
mating spirit. by encourag.as and helping
inau.ry into ;he true sgn.,ialrce OF is
doctrines and obscr,ances The deeper
one peac;ralcs INFO the meaning OF jne
spEmas ana ceremonies OF al. Religions.
the greater becomes the apparent un4tr.y.
...S sim lar!ty, UaNl finally a perception
% their fundamental unity is reached.
rms common ground Is no other than
iheosophy, The secre. doctrine OF the
ages, winch, diluted and disguised TO suit
the caldcity Of the multitude and The re-
Quiremcnts OF the time has formed The
living kernel of an religions Throsophtsts.
therefore are respectors Of all The re
-glous ethics of Jesus for Whlch they
have a profound admiration IL could
not be Otherwise. for these TEACHINGS
which have come down 10 - are tile
same as those OF Thnosoniv Bu, before
taking IN the no,nts a. differences be.
tween TheosOphy and modern theology,
let Ia Aors,dcr f0r a ,uonien: the idea or
thrst and what IL means The word
Chrcstos existed arcs brfore Christianity
hoard pf .,1 e..
Christians, spelled originally Chrest ana
thrrstianS were directly borrowed from
the temple terminulory Of uaeans. and in
the first century A, ID. neither chr .tians
nor Chrcs.ians were vat NrowD urdar
these names. bur st.n 'ralleJ ,beu-alvt.,
tho Nazarenes
tos" were used in d rerenf senses chris
tos' was Tho vav .bU. '"Cbresto.,
was the lonely travoler fo,irnovinp a., IA
reach the ultimate goal through mat
path" which goal 80 "cbristos ~
glO, fed snIrif ~ ,,n.b 80, t,h
which ,nakcs tbe con, 80 80 ,i,L - MI
II the prophecy Of .bo T w., 'SS,.t;si
we road 81 Dc ~, ,.p - .".u' >! ~
e1r;h a. tho s,,i 80 is''uh uo" , uion wy
Ter wbjrh 49,, .. run lD"tilstosl' a.
are. and IN" verso W. p.s' H. .no solirh
heror.. rr,cLt, ~ t'tI'S II" 'np V.'P9''y:
800 icduhins th"t blessed condition. OF
~ ~ '1 i me cru'lnNion OF liesh
iase'i on me surname 'thr.stos' is
49, nn the story % the cruciuNlOu, de-
!, YEA from events that preceded Il. Every
where IN India, AS IN Egypt. in Chaldea
az III N'tccr, "il these legends were built
Iiori,s nro atn ne ne, sane primitive tyne.
- 70 uitr.HeI 'hriSi ms the messenger
g, the word of truth. as did kr.shna and
huHlhh. ana to he follower of the spirit
"a ruin II matters A,tle whether Jesus,
as iunn and Chrestos. lived during the era
called Christian. or before, or never livcI
al all. There were many good ana holy
men IN antiquity who bore the surname or
title of Chrestos before Jesus of Naznreth
was born. and one may he pernitfrd IN
TO conclude that Jesus was surnnmed
ChrcStos the good. tho geutie me boIv
initiate. who showed tho 20 ~ N ,bo
Christos condition ana inns 49,, W. ~ ~
se,f "thc way'' in ina hearts 81 h,s ~
thuslas.ir od,,irors INC "e"rtS OF MS en-
So far as modern Cbr.s,t,,t.,. ,.,
good its claim ~ hc ,i II, ,s,lnr'ty makes
taught by Jcsiis Thnosirt'f'.t's - re''s ivn
IL. heart and hand tmy ,,Lr,, - WIN
1t he VIII. compare the sermon mn ~, M,
II cunt with the dognas of hi. t'',, a. ,,,g
be able to ilI,ira f1r Hi ,, ~, 10 Ni.u'rn anu
ie igionof Jesus enter, irto ,is ,b ,',, ny
'y ana how lar. therefore. he ana i = T ri1,
suit Of these comtlr;snn. ~. I" = oE,'te
that Ia almost every uoint 1hc docirl,cv
iIans are IN direct onn ,s,fi,,, ~ ,,,t '''
inrs Of Jcstis ,h' ''iy'' sun. 70 We tedfh-
has taken Tor orn ~ ,Ii,pi,''tit sotl'tS
study % those Eastern rnii,,io, "pJsS - We
lusopnies which sh,1 e'I Ms 49, pIi!.
upon tho tnnor n,o,,i ~" nDuI OF lGut
And IN This n nrts ,n, VI Nuliatlinily :.
- tho friend of ihe r.,1,ine' "nvuE p nut
Jesus-of fr,Io Ch.ltiati..,.s ,tuSut ny
.'hcu.opi ttts tL',,.,iirili'S, III ia't' ought
garlci by Christi,,'s , - i1'io''' 70 % re-
cause they believe maj "rthodnY Is r ne-
unuity T., ON Ia u,i,et u. a,'pH"H mrs
religion VI .Ic--is ami b,.a,li, ''uu 10 tme
the courage tn Tn ia" tha 't, aus 'ncy have
are traitors To mo Ntns,, -, ~ Il'N
to revor. md ,,r, 'HS.et tn'E profess
IN, osophiAts Know ma ~ WV a. l'I !.
| ih.r utu,t.d tnn ,,rt va. Si'' Npli'
latent IN The hearts Of t'hr,s,i,n,g' us H1s