THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Another appreciative audience apmbled Inst evening to hear the second of tho series of mid-week Icoturos on three Wavs to God: The Way of AVisdom, by Mr* J. R. Thomson. The lecture was given under the auspices 01 the ell maLou Thcosophical Society. Ol .he three wavs to God, the lecturer stated, that tluu of wisdom was trodden by the tew, it j-e----iii" essentially the path marked out loi the scholar and scientist who patientb studies, collates, and arranges his tacu Iwforo making any deduction. At.the ot t--60t lie is normally a book-worm, a, student, and a rceluso seeking knowledge as amoans of selfoggrandisemeut. Latci e it to gain the approbation of his Hlows. He seeks wealth, place, and powoi. Tho final stages.of the way <>t ' ivisdom finds him acquiring knowledge foi puio love, in order to enlighten the minds and improve fha lives of the ignorant The lecturer cited Charles Darwin a» an e.v re'lent example of a man treadm. the way of wisdom. Itis, whole life hail been devoted'to research, rind tho nahenL and pain-taking .••.ceuimilatioii ot data, which iviii remain a rich heritage to the, toc. for centuries to come. Ml. Ihonuons future lectures are to be announced.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1816, 31 July 1913, Page 3
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203THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1816, 31 July 1913, Page 3
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