The Washington times., 1920-01-29
: Do Our Souls Come Back and
Live in Other Bodies?
The Doctrine of Rencarnation Says eyes" That Doc
It,, trine Would Certainly Promote Charity.
s~ Human Solidarity.

l Hundreds millions of human beings believe that after
death souls enter other bodies
In India Japan and elsewhere it is thought that the
soul human being sometimes enters the body Of
inferior animal
w Many religious persons in those countries refrain from
killing fly lizard lest they should destroy their great
grandmothers
90 In this belief of rencarnaton system Of rewards and
punishments is bound up
It is thought that wicked mems souls sent back to
nhabit bodies of low animasthe very wicked
sent back to nhabit the body of woman.
For soul to go through existence in woman's body
Is looked upon great calamtyand need wonder
who acquainted with life in India where poor little girls
married at nine, ten younger; where widows until
lately burned alive with their husbands bodies; where
life generally is made nightmare for womankind.
There is good deal of speculation everywhere today
to the destiny of the soul and the possibility of its coming
back to work in some other body.
N1 Many men, relgousy inclined and clergymen do
not accept literally the Jewish conception of Heaven
Many inclined to think that put here to do
actual useful work EARTH and not merely pro-
baton previous to their admittance to eternal home of
solid gold, jasper, etc.
In olden days many vicious used to reform and
behave at least in their old age because they very
anxious about going to Heavenwored by disagreeable
stories of the other place.
If could all believe that die, very
shortly aerward souls back to nhabt the body
of born child, might take very charitable
view other peoples needs and plan very ndusousy for
the welfare of the next generation.
Many q rich on his way to train or boat drives
through the sums of great city and looks mndedy
indierently at the children in the streets, fed and
uncared for.
He might look differently those children if he could
be made to believe that in few short years he would be
tenant in one of the wasted underfed bodies.
The rich woman wearing her fine apparel regardless of
the tired hands and the aching eyes that put together
might interest herself in the sewing girl she thought that
in few years she would be back earth and at work in
stufy sweatshop room.
A. The selfish putocra who has built up his millions from
public franchises spends life in which devotion to others
has part and dies leaving all to two three children
His will might read differently if he believed that his
SOUL going out the back door of fe would instantly
back through the front door in the body of baby
There would be no trouble in getting plenty of fine
maternity hospitals for poor and children the rich
believed in the rencarnaon theo-no trouble in getting
Fairgrounds comfortable nurseries where working
mothers could leave their babies during the day.
If the enormously rich could be made to believe in
reincanaton they would realize that the poor outnum
ber the rich hundred one the chances of their being rich
in the next existence would only be in hundred and
all their plans would change.
The millionaire who now thinks out fine sarcophagus
with fine mausoeum for himself and carefully ties up his
fortune keep it away from the of the people would
rencarnationist think of the millions of poor
children and less about his own funeral pomp.
The beautiful of all religions that which in spirit
viii last forever, matter how far may progress
morally is the religion preached by Chrs-BECAUSE 1T
COMMANDS MEN TO DEVOTE THEMSELVES UN
SELFISHLY TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS
The real Christian needs no selfish urging born of
belief in reincarnation
He is bound to work for others, to protect poor chill
dren to sympathze with unfortunate women apart from
any personal interest.