New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-05
mn AND REGENERATION
.,ps BESANT'S ADDRESS.
- Frnoun1s Her Doctrine OF
co,,ys Rebirth to Large audience.
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va" .hgt Mr. Annie Besant's hearers came
u" = ,srav torrential West sd street last
Gov eva the elevated clamor. anathema 10 the
ne, and initiate. only the high clarion words
GU. Thsosophic hymn could hope 20 pluck down
.,,b through with ink TO paper the lavender
sn' oolor observation-disclosures, the utter
.,oss, the seventh seventhness OF the moment
Vel there were HAHs 0
-. rom al THAI.
w pssant's audience was a larger and more
,.,,a,,ye one snsn that which greeted her at
- srst lecture on Monday night. They filled Ma
nc. usu Al ga street and Sixth avenue. 10 the
- - nou-n front II the Monday night meet
a. all over again: the same transparent and
-, mobile faces. the same abundance Of early
h.ir tho same manner Of thinking about
- Great al But the rest Of the han
In.a nath variegsted assembly where the shades
- a.s-e.s Of radical politics. radical religion and
s,,.l yadioalsm we're written large for any run
n.r 10 read.
-. :, hair that fairly shouted IF plain living
80 rsin speaking There was the shaggy black
=, that goes with anarchy and violins: there
-. she reds taWny browns and sandy yelloWs
A,t hsrbor socialism and the mellower wood
,s,s instruments, and then more the prevalent
,-.msturely gray. speaking new religions and the
su,gsnt following of the piano and concertina.
Ms Besant's theme was "Reincsrnation.' She
,,rt 81 It in very different style from her mag
,ssiur,-hssh illumination Of Monday night. She
.,oke ~ the hook in firstly. secondly and thirdly,
,,using her scheme upon a skeleton OF the most
Feometrical logic.
..There can he only three answers to the problem
=, m. and DEATH" she said. They are the ortho-
sor western Of to-day that the soul is created
new at birth. the modern scientific view that
human life Is conditioned by heredity. and the old
ss- ana noblest belief Of ALL that the soul passes
.ron one life 10 the next. in incsssant progress
toward perfection and unity with the universal
Shirt The first two are absurd.
The criminal by birth must 60 10 punishment
hereafter by sheer force of circumstances rank
,r,ustice The new born child who dies must either
n rewarded for life without struggle. which is
Injustice 10 grown-ups, or must be punished for
fault OF his own The scientific explanation neither
EXPLAINS the growth Of mans moral nature.
promises any higher human advancement
Mrs Besant then rehesrsed the historical authori-
,s for the belief in rencarnstion. II was as hos
rl,shle list as was her roll Of captive sciences
Among the men and faiths she instsnced as fol-
lowers Of the belief were Buddha. Brahminlsm.
zorosster Isis Josephus Pythagoras Plato. Virgil.
the ancient scsndinavisns, the founder Of the
Christian faith, Orgen and al IN. early Christians
Goethe Schiller. the Albigenses, the Hollands.
Charles He chaplain, the Moslems and Fichte
The hereditary criminal in the light OF knowl-
edge Of reincsrnstion." she continued. is lon
gsr an outcsst. You and 7 went through that same
stage OF growth. The criminal by nature is only
The savage man trsnsplsnted for the first tine
into our higher society. The very cruelty and
hutishness which make him despised by US. would
make him the chief Of his tribe in the savage
stat. The infant who died just after birth IS a
soul which did wrong through inadvertence
Suppose 4 drops match through a graf
,ns throwing II away csrelessly. and burns
house IN which sick man is consumed. The
must be eHpisted in some way. but II need
not oe ny a heavy penalty, for IL lesser
wrong being unintentionsl. So the man must he
ons' him dearly 20 give NJ.
IAN Is hope 70 us What Won hsv. failed in
what you have shown yourself weak in will he
purgsd and strengthened in YOU in your next life
by The struggles YOU have made in this One
great lesson is: Develop YOUR talents Whatever
thsy are and however slight they may seem. The
genius is only the soul who has struggled on and
on developing from life 10 life until il comes 20
oNsll in the body that is fine and delicate that
II can give the soul free play. The genius is the
elder SOUL the leader in the high. anguishing
March Of n. race
Who is the person you feel YOU know the
SOU you know is akin 10 yours. though you have
never met before 70 your earthly knowledge? Just
me man or woman you loved best through other
~ss and other bodies And why do we not re-
nemner these other lives We do we who have
come 10 know the secrets of life. We remember
nem IN quiet and meditation, thinking by our
"Fes With the world shut out Then II is and
oas 'hen' that We can gain the fullest depths OF
illumination"