The record-union., 1898-04-06
AN INTERESTING LECTURE.
BURCHAM HARDING ON UNI
VERSAL BROTHERHOOD.
A Revival Of the Doctrines Taught
IN Past Ages and Symbolized
in Many Places.

A lecture of keen interest and most
pleasing surprise was that given at
Pythian Castle last evening by Bur-
cham Harding, lecturer for universal
Brotherhood"
In June, 1896, a band of Americans,
headed by Mrs. Katherine A TlnSIey
of New York, started on Brother
hood crusade round the world They
travelled 10000 miles, visited the chief
countries, and planted centers for the
work in every place.
Said the lecturer: brotherhood is
natural to man; he is innately led to
be kind and helpful to his fellows; only
for the purpose of gain is he unbroth-
erly and cruel. In olden times there
were certain centers in the world in
which brotherhood was practiced
These places were visited by the cru
saders, and the old fires which had
been slumbering for centuries were
famed to life and activity AS a
seed terminates unseen below the sur
face preparatory to it's appearance
above ground, so have the crusaders
sown seeds around the world, which
will in course Of time spring up and
bear fruit.
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dred stereopticon views, illustrative of
brotherhood, bringing out clearly that
formerly a great truth, Identical in all
respects, was spread around the world.
This great truth referred to the soul
of man, and the spiritual nature of the
unseen world. The same symbols rep
resenting this truth are found every
where, engraved on stone, and also
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secret societies and in religions. These
records were found in Ireland among
the Druid remains; in Germany, Greece,
Egypt, India. Australia, Samoa, and
also in Central America. This great
truth was once we'll known; there was
a free-masonry which kept it alive and
handed it on from generation to gen.
GRAFTON, and its memory is retained to-
day among many mystic orders, whose
first object is brotherhood.
The views also made prominent sew
eral workers for brotherhood during
the past centuries. The lecture took
the audience far out of the beaten path.
and away from the usual hackneyed
narrative of travel for it was inter-
lineated with little touches about the
grand work which is being inaugurated
by Universal Brotherhood" for the
betterment of the whole world
The first views We're of Scotland and
Hollywood Palace, in which Mary Queen
of Scots was kept prisoner. From there
the Crusaders visited Ireland and ex
amined the oldest Druid monuments in
existence, one OF which was put up
800 years ago. In this monument
were signs and other data found to
this day on the walls in the old temples
of India and other countries where the
mysteries OF life were taught Some
magnificent pictures of the Lakes of
Killarney and vicinity We're shown.
The next place visited was Paris, and
among the pictures shown was that of
Joan of Arc, which is in the Louvre.
The next pictures We're places in
Amsterdam. From there the Crusaders
visited Berlin and Heidelburg and
Switzerland The lecturer showed some
magnificent pictures of Italy. The ruins
of ancient Rome were remarkable like
nesses of the scenes of to-day. The
Crusaders passed from Italy to Greece,
visiting the ancient temples of the
countries through which they trav-
eled. The Egyptian sphinx and mon
uments were visited and pictures taken
of such interiors as could be procured.
The Indian cave temples were of the
most interest to the searchers after
ancient religious lore. In them were
found remarkable works bearing upon
the ancient mystical lore given to the
select men of the priests whose life
work was the study of the mysteries
of life
Ceylon and Australasia were next
visited, and the explorers were some
what amazed to find a native chief in
Samoa as we'll versed in many secrets
of the American secret societies as
We're the members themselves. The
lecture was intensely interesting
throughout and Mr.. Harding gave
some very vivid descriptions of some
of the events which occurred in places
of which pictures were shown.
While at Killarney, the Crusaders Sc
lected stone which has been used as
a foundation stone for the School for
the Revival of the Lost Mysteries Of
Antiquity" which was laid at Point
Iona. near San Diego, by the Crusad-
ers upon their return to this country.
In this school the old mysteries re-
specting the spiritual nature of man
and the world will be once more taught
For nearly 1000 years these truths