The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
Occultism and Christianity.
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serve And so the notion of self-sacri-
fee arises, the great contribution OF
Christianity TO the history OF religion
that the man realizing himself. knowing
himself as an individual, is then to con-
secrate himself to service, and the meas
ure OF his power Is to be the measure OF
his duty.
So looking on those great Teachers and
the religions They gave. you find quite
definite chord sounding out from the
whole, and every note has its own place.
every note its own value: and that view
of a succession of World Teachers, in
stead Of the notion of a Teacher having
come once for all, only to return as
Judge that wider view OF great Sc
auence of Teachers, and religions, and
civilizations, has largely now moulded
the thoughts of men, and they begin to
realize that what has been. again may
be: that as there have been many Teach
ers in the past, each with His own work
and a civilization dependent upon II.
therefore there is nothing irrational IN
the idea that another may be added TO
that long succession of World Teachers
that another great Teacher may arise
who shall do for the world OF our time
what these other Teachers did for the
world of Their own day-strike new
note i'm the great chord Of humanity
bring a new inspiration in order that a
step forward may once again be taken,
give the thought on which shall grow up
another civilization: One who shall teach
the lesson of brotherly cooperation and
the common good Of all as the object each
man shall seek: who shall lay down in
some form that idea, which Is beginning
to show Itself here and there amongst
us. that there ought to be q minimum of
well-being which the organization of So
ciety is intended to secure to every one
Of its children; and that any society that
fails to do that is failing in the main OBJ
iect for which II exists; a new departure
warranted. first, possibly by the new So
cial conscience which is beginning to dc
velop in our days, and by the coming of
a great Teacher who shall embody, in
precept and example. that new Concep-|
ton of man. and make ii possible for us,
following His precepts. to build up a civ
iliZation greater. nObler, more brotherly
than the world as yet has ever seen.
Surely there Is nothing i'm that which
ruvolts the common sense of men. II fol-
lows the historical line. 1t only suggests
the recurrence Of that which has hap
pened over and over again in the past OF
our Globe: and once We realize that 1t is
not intrfnsically incredible, once we catch
the notion that from time to time some
great Son of the universal Father comes
out to give the younger children a lesson
to help I'm their education, then We nat
urslly turn our thoughts to the next
point: Granted that the Teachers come
out from time to time, granted that the
succession noted Is to be traced through
history. what is there in the present con-
dition of things that makes you think
that We are reaching the ending OF one
cycle. and the beginning of another?
What is there in the condition OF the
world which in any way justiies you in
believing that we have reached the point
where another OF the long line OF Teach
ers is likely to. come forth into the world
That Is the next question which seems to
demand an answer.
In The Herald next Sunday shall try
10 put to you the many reasons which
render IT probable that the world is now
standing in one Of its transition periods,