The San Francisco call., 1899-05-09
TALK FOR THEIR KIND.
TheOsophists, Led by Mrs. Ting
ley, Speak OF u niversal
Brotherhood

The Universal Brotherhood. Interna-
tional Council of Theosophists in America.
held public meeting last night in Metro
pOitan Temple. at which addresses were
delivered by Katherine A. Tingley, leader
and official head of the league. Several
of her cabinet officers and representatives.
in the recent congress of theosophists at
Point Iona, Cal, also spoke on various
subjects.
The purposes of the organization were
explained and the principles taught by it
were discussed at great length by the
speakers. The main topic which engaged
their attention was the Philosophy of
Life" by which nobler manhood may be
attained.
There was music by the noted London
Wagnerian interpreters. Mrs. Alice L.
Cleather and Basil Crump. A large audi
ence gathered at the Temple and testified
their appreciation by frequent applause.
Henry Turner Patterson, treasurer of
the AriOn ThcOsOphical Society of New
York acted as chairman and introduced
the first speaker of the evening, Il. A.
Neresheimer president of the cabinet of
the Universal Brotherhood His subject
was The Philosophy of Life and How 1t
Came Into Existence
universal Brotherhood" he said, lis
not spiritualism, occultism or, in fact
any Of the isms. 1t was organized for
the people of the earth and taught the
highest philOsOphy-the philosophy of life,
which is in all books, in ali religious
Scriptures. but essentially in the human
heart and soul. The proof of the strength
OF the soul lies in the fact that as people
grow older the mind grows more self-as-
sertive. Man is the apex of evolution.
He is an intellectual being and not
life came into existence by natural reali-
zatlon of those self-evident truths.
Mrs Tingley next addressed the assem-
blage and said in the course of her re-
Universal brotherhood is the mighty
force of the nineteenth century which
moves and touches the minds OF men and ana
will carry it into the next century one
great thing that we teach is the heart
doctrine, which is all that can be really
denended on Humanity has taught too
much of the letter and too little of the
spirit of things. There are different doc
trines, all claiming to be the key note to
nearly approaches the ideal. Wherever
the heart rules spirituality is, for the
heart is the seat of the soul.
There are people who liye S IN nj their cir
little, that they are continually demand,
ing proofs The Universal brotherhood
is ende4vorhing to 6eliaIns GTias in forward the
NV experience in prisons and slums is
that it takes almost all eternity to change
mans life by reasoning with -. him or
The Brotherhood, in its endeavor to up
lift humanity tries. 10 touch the mans
heart and by appealing TO something that
moves the heart. This method has met
with enormous success. Man should be
taught TO energiZe his body and soul with
spiritual thoughts, for then bigotry in
tolerance and the spirit of persecution will
be a thing of the past and we will have
a mighty humanity.
LET the lives of the little ones be
nodded so that they will be better citizens
than you or l. Let US cultivate a higher
spirit of patriotism, higher spirituality
and a greater spirit of brotherly love"
Mr.. Iverson J.. Harris of Macon Ga,
superintendent of the International
brotherhood Colony at Point Iona. was
the next speaker and was followed by
Dr. Jerome a. Anderson. who argued that
we do not have right philosophy of
1--WE have become one-sided in our de-
velopment" said he. I'VE of the West
have cultivated the intellect at the eX-
pense of the heart That is why the Uni
on the heart doctrine man may have
all the sciences at his finger tips and yet
be a moral monster. The child is not
taught to develop its soul in the direction
should be. Gold, greed. power. and self
ishness are our main ideas which come
not from the heart. but are intellect born
Let us learn to develop the heart side of
''The philosophy of life brings to the
world a message of peace and love. The
day will soon dawn when men will recog-
nize one divinity, that humanity are all
brothers.
Clark Thurston, DIR. Allen Griffith, presi-
dent of San Francisco Lodge, and Mrs.
Alice L. Cleather, who spoke on the Per
fectibility of Man"
The chairman announced that the meet
same place.