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

THE SCHOOL OF ANTIQUITY
The word Duty perhaps more than any other is the keynote of
William Q. Judge's teaching. These are his words:
What then is the panacea finally, the royal talisman? It is DUTY, Selflessness.
He consolidated the work; he simplified the teachings, in particular
in his writings he showed the relation of Theosophy to the common
events of everyday life, expounding its ethics, coming into personal
touch through his lectures and correspondence with thousands of the
members. And after H. P. Blavatsky's death he maintained the teach-
ings pure and unsullied, holding the Society and the teachings on their
original lines, and defending them against the attack of an unfaith-
ful English member who through personal ambition sought to wreck
them. No words can ever describe his steadfast faithful work, nor the
martyrdom which he endured, yet he kept faithfully the trust which
had been committed into his keeping and passed it on to his successor
Katherine Tingley. The inspiration of his life and teachings have been
a benediction to thousands, and his memory equally with that of Helena
P. Blavatsky lives in their hearts.
These few words are totally inadequate to describe his work, and
equally impossible is it to describe Katherine Tingley's work; and yet
an attempt must be made to do so briefly in order to complete as far
as possible this presentation of the subject. Equally with H. P. Bla-
vatsky and W. Q. Judge does Katherine Tingley stand before the world
as a Teacher with her own message and work, as both of them had theirs.
The general lines of her teaching and work are known all over the world,
but it is in place to mention here that to her students, among whom are
many who had the privilege of being students of Madame Blavatsky in
the early days of the Theosophical Society, others of W. Q. Judge, as
well as others who did not contact those two noble workers, she, Katherine
Tingley, like them, has given ennobling teachings far in advance of the
present-day conceptions of the human race; and she, like them, has
brought a message to the world, a message of Truth, Light and Libera-
tion to discouraged Humanity.
But perhaps the most distinctive feature of Katherine Tingley's
work has been in the practical application of the teachings to the prob-
lems of everyday life, individual and collective. And while it was to
this end that both of her predecessors worked, the time had not then
come when it was possible to make such a demonstration in connexion .
with the Theosophical teachings. Her work for the unfortunate and
for prisoners, her relief of suffering, her many other endeavors along
practical humanitarian lines, her public lectures and teachings, her
efforts on behalf of Peace and to bring about a closer and more sym-