The Washington herald., 1915-01-03
By DIR. W. W. BAKER.

CONTINIElF FROM LAST SlNDA1-
Two notes He struck, both Of vital inn
pOrtance, both marking the beginning of
a new age, and the line which in due
time that age would have to follow
All the great civilizations of the past
had been built on the family as a unit
The family, II was declared In India,
consists OF the man, the wife, and the
child. II you look back into all those old
civilizations, you will see the individual
as comparatively nothing, the family
the foundation of the State, and out of
the families the State built up and civic
duty the mark of highest morality. In
the enw wage the no te that was struck
was the note of the individual, not OF
the family; Of the value of the individual,
of the necessity of the building of the
individual, the thought of the one human
being standing alone for the time to
learn strength and Self-reliance. out Of
that thought, with all that Was neces-
sary for its full evolution, with the
clOuding of the idea Of reincarnation and
the going forward with the loss of that
to the idea of an everlasting heaven and
an everlasting hell, grew the erwhelm-
ing sense Of the importance OF the pres
cnt life, the value OF the individual soul,
which it was the first duty of Christian
ity TO add to the thought OF the world
II meant combat, strife; for a time
chaos-well-niCh aDarchy-but without
that the future would have been impos-
sible. Unless the stone was hewn out
Of the quarry. unless il was made to
be alone for a time, hCwn into form,
shaped into the necessary appearance,
polished; until that was done and the
individual stones were ready. great
temple Of tho brotherhood of Humanity
could not possibly have been built
Rough the work OF the chissl and the
Tnallet, full Of dust and confusion the
cl1mOr Of the stOneyard; but out of the
dust and the clamor. out of the blows
and the chipping away, there comes the
polished stones Of strong individuals. fl
10 ne synthcsised into a building. MT to
he put together 10 make mighty Broth
erhoOd; for you must build your Brothers
before your Brotherhood can be made
So this past struggle for the building
OF 4 mightier and happier race.
Through all that clash of individualism.
through all that chaos of warning classes
men and women see that the Christ
breathed another note, lost i'm the ear
lier years, but presently to become dom
inant and all-compelling. It was the
teaching that He that is greatest Is to
be as he that doth serve, that strength
is meant to be yoled to
service, that the measure of power is the
measure of duty, and that those that
are highest should be the helpers of all.
ChristendOm the note of self
sacrifice has breathed as II has breathed
through none other of the great faiths
of earth, and while at first you see the
clash of the individuals, you see 1t Is
only a means to an end, the fitting of
the individual to help. Out of the teach
ing of the Christ and the opening OF the
new cycle there has grown up a civili-
Zation battling and tumultuous, but yet
in which social conscience is being
born, a realization of human duty, rec
ognition of human responsibility. When
has done its work, when it
has worked out its inevitable destiny,
then will come back the Teacher, to
show how the stones are 10 be fitted to-
gether; He, the great Master Builder in
humanity. lie shall again appear to
build up a new SUFFRAGE. To shape A uni
versal religion. He literally shall not
come to destroy. but to fulfil and to
draw around Himself the many creeds
Of earth: for now the day is approaching
when the words He spake shall be full
sheep have that are not
OF this fold; them also 1 must bring,
and they shall hear my voice and shall
follow Me, and there shall be one fold
and, one shepherd" And that shepherd
shan be the mighty One, who is the Mas
ter of Masters, the Supreme Teacher. the
Teacher of the World, who stands at the
head of this teaching department of the
Occult Hierarchy. who is the Head of all
earth faiths, who loves and blesses and
will unite them all.
/ said there was also a great Ruling