The herald., 1897-02-12
The american CRUSADERS
The Theosophical Missionaries
Arrive in San Francisco
THE"CABLE TOW" OF TRUTH
With Which They Have Eucircled the
Globe
The Party VIII Be Here Next Week on Their
Way to San Diego to Found
Their School
THE"CABLE TOW" OF TRUTH
Associated Press Special Wire

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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.-THE Cru
sade Of American Theosophists arrived
| from Australia this morning. The party
| will remain here until Tuesday next,
| when they will proceed to San Diego to
! lay the corner stone of the School for
| the Revival of the Lost Mysteries of
| Antiquity"
j 1.-THE Crusade of American Theoso-
phists Around the World" started from
| New York on the 18th of June last to
I, carry. the message of unity and brother
hood to all nations, and now after eight
months have passed they have encircled
| the globe with the "cable tow" Of truth.
and there remains only to visit the va
( rious local branches scattered all over
| this country and hold meetings in the
principal cities, before the annual con-
vention, which takes place in New York
on the 26th of April. The party of cru
saders is composed of the following per-
sons: Mrs. Katherine A. Tingley, outer
head of the Theosophical movement, sue
cessor to Madame Blavatsky and Will
| liam @. Judge; Ernest T. Hargrove,
president of the Theosophical societies
| in America and Europe; Claude Falls
| Wright, secretary; Mrs. Wright;
H. r. Patterson, president of
| the Brooklyn branch, and F. M.
! Pierce, representative of school r. L. M.
| A. There are also two who Joined the
party in England and have proceeded
with them around the world. They are
| Mrs. Alice L. Cleather and Rev. w.
| Williams, both devoted Theosophists,
who were anxious to help in the great
work. AT the first meeting. after land
! ing in Liverpool brotherhood suppers"
| were inaugurated, to which all the poor
and needy were invited, and after
| bountiful feast short talks were given
on the message of Theosophy to the
world. The meeting was held in the
| poor quarter of the city, and there
were over 400 men, women and children
| in attendance, many of whom had not
| enjoyed decent meal for many days.
| These brotherhood suppers" were held
| in many of the cities which the crusaders
! visited, being always attended by
| large number Of hungry people; nor
were the rich neglected, for the Theoso-
| phist knows that while people of wealth
| and position are not suffering for mere
| material bread, many of them are fam
| ishing for the bread of life, even to
| greater extent than are their poorer
| brethren. Lady Malcolm, devoted
! Theosophist in London, threw open her
! spacious drawing rooms for the crusade
| meetings, and here the nobility and
\ aristocracy of London were gathered
| to hear the fundamental truths of The
osophy, and particularly concerning the
needs of the poor. After visiting the
i principal cities of England and Scotland
| the crusaders attended the convention
| of the Philosophical society in Europe,
! held in Dublin, Ireland, when Mr.. Har-
| grove was elected president of that
| body, as we'll as holding the same Office
| L. al nj tn, A ,or-tao
| This was one of the most enthusiastic
| conventions ever held, and a great work
was done in Ireland. The crusade then
visited France, Holland, Belgium, Ger
many, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and
! Greece, forming branches of the So
| ciety wherever none had existed pre-
| yiously. immensely Strengthening those
| already in existence, and lighting the
| fires of spirituality everywhere. At
Athens, Greece, Parnassus hall was
| crowded to the doors with an audience
of over thousand people, and five hun
| dred were turned away, while over
| thirty persons followed the crusaders to
| their hotel after midnight to ask fur
| ther questions about Theosophy. And
yet all this work had to be done through
| an interpreter, which might be thought
| to be a great handicap to their work,
| but so eager have the people been for
| this knowledge in all countries that the
devoted band has hardly had time to
sleep. They have labored almost in
cessantly, night and day, and have ac-
complished an enormous amount of
work. After Greece came Egypt where
connection was made with very an
cient and occult body of students, then
India, where much assistance was ex-
tended to the famine and plague stricken
natives, and plans set on foot which
will result in greatly alleyiating the dis
trpSS Of such as can he reached with tho
limited means at command. Australia
and New Zealand completed the present
crusade; China and Japan being omit
ted for the present, on account of the
short time left before the annual con-
vention, before which date all the va
rious branches in America must be vis-