vol. xxx, no. 4 april 1926 universal brotherhood - a fact in nature

THE MESSAGE OF EASTER
Jesus said: "A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love
one another." In one sense it was not new, for it had been taught in all
ages past by all the great teachers of Humanity; and yet were he here
today, he would say the same, "A new commandment give I unto you"
for it would indeed be new to this day and generation. We know the
words well enough, but as a commandment we do not know it; it has
no force, no power. Is there not need of Theosophy then, with its teach-
ing that Universal Brotherhood is u fact in Nukure, and to demonstrate
it as a law of life?
In his Jean Christophe, the great French writer Romain Rolland
declares :
"To save the light of intelligence; that is our r61e. We must not let it grow dim
in the midst of your blind struggles. Who will hold the light if we let it Tall?"
And in his Au dessus de la M816e (After the ?TTar), he says:
"Try to forget your ideas [those ideas ~vhich separate one from another] and look into
each other's eyes. 'Don't you see lkal you are me?' - said old IIugo to one of his enemies."
THE MESSAGE OF EASTER
LLES geht vorbei! sings the poet. All things pass: love,
faith, fidelity. But Easter brings the message of renewal,
rebirth, resurrection.
Yet we are far from preaching a crude optimism, which
runs from pain and follows pleasure; mourns its losses, and seeks con-
solation in the anticipation of regain. The immortal Soul, which is
our true essence, knows something sublimer than such a restless mood,
something deeper than these shallows. Else why should sorrow and loss
be such a theme for poetry, such an inspiration for our grandest music?
We find one poet writing:
"Regarding, then, Beauty as my province, my next question referred to the tune
of its highest manifestation -and all experience has shown that this tone is one of sadness.
Beauty, of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul
to tears. Melancholy is thus the most legitimate of all the poetical tones."- POE
We can imagine, then, that Heine, however pessimistic he may
.