Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-12-24
MARQUES IN AUCKLAND
PHILOSOPHICAL LEADERS,
LECTURING IN COLONIES
Report Of His Address Given by
Auckland Paper---SoOn 10 Go On
to Sydney to Continue
Work.

Copies of the New Zealand Herald
and of the Auckland Star Of Nov. 2Gth
both contain extensive reports Of Ice
ture delivered in Auckland the previous
evening by DIR. A. Marques. who lett
Honolulu several weeks ago to return
to his duties as general secretary OF The
Society. Mrs. Marques did not accom-
pany the Doctor. but remains here ~
look after the interests of the Woman's
Exchange. OF which she has long been
manager. and other work in which SHE
Is interested.
The lecture above referred to was on
THE Idea Of God Viewed Through Re-.
ligion. Astronomy and Theosophy.'
Religion he dealt with from the point of
view of orthodox belief founded on tho
Jewish Scriptures. touching also OIL
Buddhism and Hinduism. The notion OF
OF Supreme Power varies considerably
according to the intellectual capacity
of the various peoples. yet II is a uni.
versal belief; to go to God is the COM
mon idea OF eternal bliss. reunion with
divinity an innate natural feeling. The
defect Of all exoteric religions. especial
ly that OF the Western peoples, is the
materialistic. or limited. conception OF
Deity. Theosophy endeavors to spirit
ualise II. Through science. especially
by means OF astronomy. our ideas have
been widely expanded. The thought "
the immensities OF space gave us an
idea OF Deity far transcending that of
the Jewish tribal God. interested in ma
tional quarrels. and anxious to punish
those who did not believe In Him
Wider Is the Hindu idea which pro-
claims the all-emcracing. all-ustain-
ing space as God. The boundary OF
space is unthinkable TO mortals. and II
Is irreverent to bring the idea of the
Lord Of space. the Creator OF the In
Vulnerable suns and systems. with their
regular movements and their evidence
OF life and intelligence existing bound
lessly. down to the level of the exotcric
faiths. Theosophy. said the lecturer,
had been accused Of being atheism and
pantheism. II was neither, and yet In
sense II was both. Atheistic. so far
as a personal. vindictive and cruel God
was concerned. pantheistic as to the
existence Of many hierarchies OF spiri-
tual beings behind the forces OF nature.
theosophy yet asserted the existence
of one supreme absolute power. mn
movable In Its essence. creative by the
emanation from II OF trinity or cre-
of spiritual intelligences. Theosophy
endeavors to reinstate Deity In Its pro-
found majesty and glory. Yet It agreed
with the Greek writer who said, al!
the gods adored by men were once hui
man beings" The great possibilities
OF evolution under karmic law were
largely dwelt upon. Our first duty
was to realise the possibilities Of life
on this planet. and in this solar sys-
TEN. to our fellows. and to ourselves
Not by useless asceticism, but by curb
ing our lower nature we evolved aud
rose In the scale OF being. by our own
efforts to work on the lines Of the law
We had to learn to understand the
great saying. MAN. know myself"
The Auckland papers report that d..
Marques would remain another week In
Auckland and would probably lecture
again before going on to Sydney, to
take up his duties there.