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churches; to establish the rising gen eration in the orthodox faith of the Fathers; to provide for an intense^.L campaign against modernism; to pro mote the cause and cardinal doctrines of historic Christianity; and to secure effective legislation in the different States against the teaching of evolu tion as a scientific fact in tax sup- • ported schools. "We believe in the divine and spe cial creation of man according to the Genesis account,' which saith: ‘God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. And the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.’ ’’ SIR OLIVER LODGE LAUDS DEATH London.— Death as a “ new adven ture” and not as “ extipctioh” was described by Sir Oliver Lodge, scient ist and spiritualist leader, in an ad dress at Christ Church, Black Friars. He appealed to his hearers to dismiss the idea of death as a gloomy thing. Sir Oliver declared that he had fre quent talks with the dead. Human souls, he said, are temporarily inclosed in a body of matter in this world, and it is quite conceivable that in the fu ture they might be clothed in an in strument made of something other than matter. “ The body is a nuisance to get rid of,” he continued, "and when thfi sep- • aration takes place we should try to regard the process with intelligence and not with emotion. Do not be afraid of the word death. There is, in a way, death, but there is no extinc tion. Whatever you think about the body, do not think of the grave with emotion, "If people would not wait for a general resurrection and all that med ieval superstition they would regard death as an adventure, something we may be ready for and welcome when it comes and not be afraid of. We should look forward to death as an emigra tion which we do- not fear, look for ward to fresh conditions with interest, not with apprehension. “ You may ask, how do we know about these people who have gone? I cannot doubt about that, because I am frequently talking to them. , You can not doubt the existence of people to whom you talk.”— Exchange. Sir Oliver professes to be a scient ist; then, why does he not discard his body if it is such an easy thing to do? Perhaps some of the dead with whom he talks are waiting to get hold of his spirit and thrash him for fooling them. Anyway, he is certainly a poor speci men of a real man. We would advise him to go into the "movies.”
better than Mrs. Annie Besant, ap parently as an offset to these damag ing publications, began to bolster up the waning faith of the disciples of these theosophic leaders by new propa ganda. Mrs. Besant announced that a body was being prepared for the next incar nation of Christ. She based her asser tions on occult information from In dia. The theory set forth by her in spired informants was that the Master is never what He seems to be— that is, that Jesus was not the permanent and immortal Christ, but the Christ, seeing a likely body in Jesus, because of His great purity, seized and possessed it and deserted it when His work was done. The same Master, the priestess has since announced, now possesses the body of one J. Krishnamurti, who is described by the London newspapers as “ a rather weak-faced Hindu,” who has only recently appeared in England. This rubbish, readily accepted by many of the faithful, has as its nat ural sequence the statement that the new Messiah’s twelve apostles have all been appointed, presumably by Mrs. Besant.— L. A. Times. We remember when Mrs. Besant first selected this lad for his exalted ( ! ) position, since which time he has been sheltered and prepared in India. The pity of it is that many followers of her “ foolosophy” will believe her. COATS OFF, SLEEVES ROLLED UP! A special to the New York Times from Lexington, Kentucky, says: “ The Fundamentalists Association formed at Wilmore, Ky., to fight in every State the theory of evolution as a fact, .and to try to prohibit the teaching of evolution in all educational institu tions supported by public money, to day made this announcement: "The hour has come when evangeli cal Christians must heed the Scriptural injunction to ‘contend earnestly for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.’ This association is an answer to that clarion call. "It does not concern itself with sec ondary matters or tenets of a non- essential character, but its object is to form a more perfect union of the Evangelical forces of the various
GUARDING THE YOUNG Portland has passed an air-tight curfew ordinance that is calculated to send all the youngsters" homeward when the 9 o’clock whistle blows. It applies to all persons under 18 years, nor is it permitted for parents to park their offspring in the movies while they adventure elsewhere. It is un derstood that the ordinance will break up most of the school dances as daugh ter cannot be out unless accompanied by her parents or lawful guardian. It is the most restrictive curfew ordin ance ever known in that section and some of the little ones are correspond ingly bleak and bitter.— Exchange. GETTING TOMTHER Sir Henry Lunn, v. Muis said to be one of the richest of ikilbns, is giving the buljc of his fo r tun^ p be used in extending church unity and world peace. He reserves only enough money to live on in a modest way. If he can bring all the churches into one fold he feels that his means would be well spent. Church unity is a big order, although a much easier accomp lishment today than a generation ago. — Exchange. The purpose of this gift is com mendable, put the possibility of bring ing about the desired result is zero. What saith the Scripture? (1 Thess. 5 :3 ). GOOD SOCIETY ( ! ) Bishop Freeman of the Washington (D.C.) diocese of the Episcopal Church, has turned his guns on adult "good society” as being responsible for the criminal trend among the youth of the land. He asserts that “ to commit the oldest kind of sins in the newest kind of ways" is the ruling passion of the hour and that so-called good society "winks at indiscretions which give piquancy and zest to otherwise color less inanities.” Youth, he says, rear ed in such an atmosphere, “ comes to regard chastity as a cheap and worths less virtue, for how shall youth dis criminate when those of mature years and assumed decency show no judg ment or discretion?” He expresses amazement at "the church’s accept ance of a situation it seems either powerless or unwilling to boldly at tack.”— Exchange. MRS. RESAXT PRODUCES HER PROMISED In a certain order of minds cred ulity is hard to kill. This seems par ticularly true of the strange mental processes of those who accept the weird teachings of theosophy. No sooner had the London Morning Post concluded its series of articles expos ing some of the frauds of Blavatsky and the curious irregularities of Lead-
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