Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-08-30


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composed of the English members OF
the Universal Board of the Sons of
Men, and they visited the ancient
monuments of a primitive religion
which goes back to the dawn Of time,
in order to do homage to the sun.
The pilgrimage was undertaken at
the command Of the guardians OF the
bond, the sacred five, as their title
is, and the order decreed that the Ger
emory Of alteration must take place
within the sacred Enclosure Of Stone
henge during the days of the sum-
mer solstice. The date was Sunday,
June %.
The Representatives Of the bond con-
slider that they are CONSIDERATIONS OF
the pasta glorious past within
which the Druids searched the treas
aries Of nature"-and they are called
on to recover all that was lost and
to find the corner stone of the tenn
pie that is to be "amid the reflections
of thoughtless and mind suppressed
people"
The religion has only recently
reached England. Its origin. accord
ing to its votaries, goes back into the
mist OF centuries. but 1t was brought
to London by DR.. Macgregor Reed.
who is now the head of the order in
London. DR.. Reed was born at Oar
feeling, India, where a lonely mon
astery in the name of the order has
existed for many years. But DR.. Reed
served his sacred apprenticeship at
Teheran, Persia, where the religion
is most actively practiced at the pres
emit time.
The rules governing the religion are
stringent. They exact that when a dis
ciple starts out to spread the creed
through the world he shall take moth
ing with him beyond what he stands
up in, and shall make his way from
place to place and exist on only what
is given him on the Journey.
Religion ls Broad.
This DR.. Reed says he faithfully
did until he reached London. His
coming was foretold and expected,
and he rapidly gained converts and ad-
herents. Many of these were West
Indian residents in London, but there
was a large sprinkling Of English
men, too.
The religion is a broad and sweep
ing one. Not only is the sun worship
ed. but most things in nature as we'll.
Herbert Close, an Englishman who
has risen to the dignity of one of the
sacred five. told the representative Of
the Sun that universalism is unity
(Hebrew Achad).
I'VE believe" he said that all re-
ligions in spite Of surface differences,
are merely different aspects Of one
religion-that is, II of religious i'm
pulse in the heart Of man.
I'VE believe that religion and SCI
ence are sisters, Hand in hand and
soul in SOUL and that all men are
brothers. There is no fundamental
difference between east and west, be-
tween creed and creed.
I'VE seek for unity in all things.
And through unity we endeavor to
lead mankind to the right view and
the right comprehension of the prob
lens of existence. The cause of sor-
row is ignorance; hence, by the re-
moval of ignorance sorrow ceases"
Among the articles in the confession
Of faith, and which were recited
at the ceremony at Stonehenge, are
these:
81 believe in the existence of d.
vine purpose within all that is.
That there is no disorder or wrong
within nature.
THAT nature ia the reflected majes-
ty of the powers and of the Almighty
power that lies beyond the All.
believing in the All Purpose. be-
lieve in the great conception of the
Infinite. called Allah. universal ma.
testy, verify and Love Infinite. who
dwells within the heart, and the life
of all that is controlled by the wis
dom and purpose Of the great de-
bigner.