The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-08-30

AIbigenses-and in the songs Of the min
strel.
The Rev. Mr.. Chenille Chaplaiu Of
Charles Second. in the Eth Century-s
man Of unchaIlenged position in this
Church, in his book. Lux Orientalis,
lays down exactly the doctrine Of Rein
Carnation as taught nv the early Fathers
The Rev. Capel Burrows. rector OF
Rockingham. NottinEhamshire. Eng. in
his book entitled Lapse of Human Souls
in a State OF Pre-Existence the Only
Original Sin" makes all the arguments
for Reincarnation which you hear
taught by Theosophists today. along the
lines Of the early Christian belief
A Mr.. Broclesby Is claimed by Mt.
arrows to have published a book in l70S
TO prove the doctrine to be an integral
part Of Christianity.
Study the onestion and We will find
that the teaching only disappeared dur
ing the time that a flood o: ignorance
swept Europe after the decay OF the
Roman Empire.
Leaving the past. you have as ex-
ponents Of Reincarnation. authors of
more recent times-schopenhauer Les
sing. Fichte. Shelley. Hume. Bulwer.
Emerson. James Freeman Clark, and
others.
Among the Poets.
Among the poets: American-Hayne,
Whittier. Taylor. Landon. Longfellow.
Lowell. and Whitman.
British-wordsworth. GoSse. TennySon.
Rosetti, Addison. Browning, Coleridge,
and Matthew Arnold
Platonic-More. Milton, Vaughan. Shell
ley. Emerson. and others in Europe
Goethe. Schiller. and Campanella.
Does not this show that the thought OF
the past interweaves with the thought
Of the present and that man In his earn
est desire to disentangle the mystery OF
existence falls back on the only reason
able hypothesis that is rational in itself
and has gained the Endorsement Of all
philosophers and poets OF any note OF
all ages, who have found that the inn
mortality OF the soul demands its pre-
existence and its evolution
What is the purpose OF the evolution
Of the soul? Is II not that children OF
God may be educated to point Of COM
plete sympathy and a knowledge OF the
Divine Mind? Gradually. very gradual
ly. we pas up the ascent Of life. and as
We grow in experience and In knowledge,
We recognize more and more the univer-
sal brotherhood Of man and the Father
hood OF God. We ind that physical
blessings. mental talents and moral sue
cesses are the results OF laborious ef-
forts Of the past. That sorrows. defects
and failures proceed from ignorance
and negligence, and that the upward
road to spiritual perfection is always at
our feet. We find that we do not travel
alone-that our destiny is that OF all
humanity. and that II Is alone by help
ing others that we can ourselves ascend
the heights. We listen for the keynote
of human life, and We hear the sound Of
sorrow like the moan Of the winds thro'
the pines the minor kew Of Nature. Time
passes and again we listen. and on the
ear falls the sweet tones Of joy, as hu-
mainly, throwing aside the wells that
have blinded, sees the light that has al
ways been shining. the light Of truth
that unveils Knowledge-the Divine Wis
dom.
And what does all this mean-that The
osophy teaches? Does 1t not mean that
God has so ordered life that every soul
has the same chance for a glorious fu-
ture? That the old teaching Of the early
Christians is again taught In all Its
beauty and strength and glory? That
man may reach a point where he passes
beyond the pale Of suffering, q height
from which he can look back and view
the causes from which he is reaping