Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-03-18
A Humane Religion.

Quite number ri ladies and zen
tlcmcn were very pleasantly enter
tanned, Monday night, ut the The"
>ophic:.l rooms, on Fourth street, 10y
Mr.. Burcham Harding, a gentleman
from New York, and member of Uni.
,er-nl Brnthrrlo"d,' VIII" happened tc
pass through our city on trip devoted
mainly t" recreation.
The advocates Of thco>uphy have
become more practical and less trans
ccndcntal since they have adopted the
title of the Universal Brotherhood
which operates through organization
"to meet the downcast and the fallen,
heart to heart, giving them true love
and SYMPATHY To the casual in
quircr there seemed to be much about
theosophy that was theoretical; much
that was taken for granted, starting
from tranScendcntal apprehension OF
deity to explain earthly phenomena,
instead of reasoning It priora, from
cause TO effect, in Il philosophical man
ner. The belief-or rcligiOn--was all
right for those who could grasp the
amplitude of system which embraces
the essential truth underlying philos.
ophy and science, and claims that di-
vinity is in man and the progression
of the divine ray proceeds through
all the kingdoms of nature up to man
and beyond man up to beings of God.
like perfection but" Universal Broth
erhood" requires no such effort to OBJ.
tain a just conception of inherent
goodness.
The objects of Universal Brother
hood are thus concisely stated:
l. To help men and women to realize
the nobility OF their calling, and theil
true position III lie.
. To educate children of all nation.
on the broadcast lines of universal brother
hood, and to prepare destitute and home
less children to become workers fo
humanity.
5. To ameliorate the condition of un
fortunate women and assist them to
higher life.
1. To assist those who are, or hav,
been, in prisons to establish themselve,
in honorable positions in life.
D. To endeavor to abolish capital pun
ishment.
6. To bring about a better under
standing between so-called savage ant
civilized races by promoting closer anl
more sympathetic relationship between
them.
Z. To relieve human suffering result
ing from flood, famine, war and othe
calamities; and generally, to extend
help and comfort to suffering humanity
throughout the world.
1t will be seen that these objects
and the work they involve, are clearl,
humanitarian. Mr.. Harding's address
was eminently plain and practical
1t embodied the principle of unselfisl
devotion to the welfare of mankind
the obliteration, as far as possible, o
the selfish impulse which makes so
ciety but mob, scrambling for posi-
ton and power.
The Brotherhood League has found
foothold all over the world, through
the efforts of the Crusaders, in thu
many countries they visited, a shor
time ago, to promulgate the new faitl
embraced in Theosophy.
Some OF the evidences of its work il
this country are the Good Mis-
|.ions,nfor the help of poor children
established in New York by Mrs. Ting
ley. A notable feature is the estab
lishment of institutions for the rescue
and cure of inebriates, by DR.. r. A
Gam, in the same city. Another aid
is the Wayfare," at Buffalo, N. Y.
founded as a refuge, temporarily, fol
women who are out of work and who
would otherwise be thrown upon theil
own meagre resources.
If the tree is to be judged by it,
fruits, this surely presents some very
thrifty buds Of promise.