, 1903-09-24
PHILOSOPHICAL NOTES.
The Result Of a Belief in Deity.

Whatever follows from the belief
of a man or of "A people is necessarily
modified by the Interpretation put on
the words. At one time the belief in
deity will be more materialistlc than
another and the anthropomorphic
idea of God will lead to excesses com
mitted III his name that would put
even the sons of darkness to shame.
But when a man has the true Theo-
sophie idea of God that He is good (:
that he is the great life.giver who
dwells within us and without us; that
He is uNDYING and eternally bneii-
cen that, though neither heard nor
seen nor touched, He is perceived by
the man who desires perception, then
he knows that, spite of ALL appear
ances all things are definitely and iu-
diligently moving together for good.
A belief like this will uphold one in
the most trying circumstances. He
will know that however untuward
they seem, things are in reality Just
what is needed at this time and III
this place. Not only this but he will
be assured that everything around
him tends not to hinder, but to help
him If it is only properly understood.
Mr. aallNAAtaT -, 49, .nAlt,..r
around us in daily life we see SO
much of the storm and stress, the sor-
row and suffering, so much that looks
like the triumph of evil over good,
that it seems almost impossible tu
suppose hal all this apparent con
fusion is III reality part of AN ordered
progress" When IA man reaches
this stage of questioning and can
find his satisfactory answer in ne re-
ligion that he has SO far investigated.
he is ready then to look into Theoso-
ply which claims to throw light up
ON Just these dark places in the life
history of every one. Mr.. Leadbeat-
rr goes on to say yet this is the
truth, So Dol as We escape from the
dust cloud raised by the struggle in
this outer world. and look upon it all
from the vantage ground of the full
Ter knowledge and the inner peace
The movement of the evolutionary
scheme maybe compared to- the mo
ton of n great machine. When one
has the key gwen by the idea of man
tending God-ward. the real motion
of the complex machinery becomes
apparent. What have seemed couu-
ter currents of evil prevailing against
the apparently weaker stream OF
good are only like little whirlpouls III
which the water for a moment seems
to he runuing backward. The
mighty river sweeps onward in its
appointed course bearing the very
whirlpools themselves on to the sea
These troubles OF ours are only the
'iOic0t ihlllto VII lHt 0ulld't tNOlu
tionary stream Of life.
Every trouble that comes to lis is
only an opportunity for rs in which
to gain strength, every wind Of adj
versity is only meant that we may
become kings and not babes in Gods
kingdom. Did 1t ever occur tu you
that 10 enter Gods kingdom is to be-.
come a ruler that there are no slayes
or any that + oppressed in all God
kingdom?
To study T~heosophy is la learn
that absolute justice is melted ont To
all. 1t gives the only reasonable rN
PLANTATION of all the circumstance If
life. II shows a man that he has
provided the yer, conditions which
make thcm possible. II trachc- a
man that he may rest as-uu,d ,hal
under the action If evolutionary luw
things have been 50 aIiang Il as to.
give hlw the very best conditions uu
der which he may advance tu learn
LIES next lesson. He lraru- ilu-
difficulties are only presented. ,hdt
he may learn to surmount them and