Herald of the Golden Age V4 N8 Aug 15 1899
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4 **" Circulation in Twenty-two Countries and Colonies. Postage—One Halfpenny. Golde •»r TN Vol. 4, No. 8. August 15, 1899. 0NE Pennv . o E n t e r e d a t S t a t i o n e r s ' H a u l . /-v, , Edited by Sidney H. Beard Contents U- The Peace of God ... Arthur Hurvte The Realm of Thought . Harold II'. U'histon A Visit to the Shambles . Editorial Notes ... Better-World Philosophy . J . Howard Moore 93 G lim pses ot Truth ... Household Wisdom ... Cbe Order of the Golden flge. G e n e r a l C o u n c i l : Sidney H, Eeard (Provost). Henry Brice % Church Road, St. Thomas, Exeter. H aro ld W . W h isto n . Overdale, Langley, Macclesfield. The above constitute the Executive Council. F r a n c e s L . B o u lt, 12, Hilldrop Crescent, London, N. R ev . A rth u r H a r v ie , 108, Avenue Road, Gateshead. A lb e rt B ro a d b e n t, Slade Lane, Longsighi, Manchester. R e v . A . M. M itc h e ll, M .A ., The Vicarage, Burton Wood, Lancashire Jo h n S. H e rro n , 29, High Street, Belfast. 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FOUNDED proclaim a message of Peace and Happiness, Health and Purity, Life T ° advocate the adoption throughout Christendom of a bloodless and and Power. natural diet, because the practice of eating the flesh of animals "J*o hasten the coming of the Golden Age when Love and Righteousness is : — shall reign upon Earth—by endeavouring to promote universal benevo 1st.—A violation of one of the most important Physical Laws which lence, by protesting against all social customs and ideas which hinder its govern man’s being, and the cause of a large proportion of the advance, and by proclaiming obedience to the Laws of God—physical and disease and depravity with which our Race is cursed. moral—as a practical remedy for the misery and disease which afflicts Mankind. 2nd.—A transgression against Moral Law, because it involves the massacre 'p o plead the cause of the weak, def?nceless, and oppressed, and to depre of millions of creatures, and the infliction of an appalling amount cate cruelty, and injustice, and all that is opposed to the true spirit of cruelty which is totally unnecessary. of Christianity. 'J ’ he Memhers of The Order are pledged to seek the attainment of these objects by daily example and personal influence. They are divided toto two classes —Companions and —the former heing abstainers from flesh, fish, and fowl, as food: the latter from flesh and fowl only. The minimum Annual S uescjuption it Two S hillings Awn Sixffnce. which en titles each Member to rkcxive a Copt of the Official J ournal, AND OF ALL PAMPHLETS AND LEAFLETS WHICH ARE PUBLISHED- 'p h e Order already has Representative Members in twenty-two Countries and Colonies, but others are wanted in all parts of the world to form Local Circles of influence and aggressive work; and kindred spirits are therefore invited to help in proclaiming Practical Truth and promoting Reform. All Members render Iheir services gratuitously. It is therefore hoped that Friends will assist in circulating The Herald and the Official Pamphlets, and induce others to buy them. 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The Feast of Bacchus - - - * Astley Walton N o. 9 .— Christian Citizenship. Rev. W. J. Closs, B. V Christmas, the Festival of Slaughter - - Frances L. Boult No 10. A Simple Guide to a Natural and Humane Diet. Is Vegetarianism Scientific? - Dr. Walter R. Hadwen, M.D., L.R.C.P. Fifth Edition. Shinty 11. Beaui. Legalised Torture - - - - - - Mona Caiid FORM OF BKQUEST. 3 bequeath the sum of to the linrsar foi the tunc bane of “ The Ordn of the Golden Age." now having its Headquarters at Ilfracombe, to be applied towards carrying on the work and furthenng the objects thereof as set forth in its Official Journal and Prospectus, and I direct that the said sum shall be pant within Six Months •>' my decease, exclusively out ot suck part of my personal estate as is legally applicable for that purpose. V o l 4 * N o . 8 . "Entered at Stationers' Hall,] A l i g U S t 1 5 , 1 8 9 9 . [Published Monthly.] ONE PENNY. as proof that the world yet wants much mending and that The Peace of God* Righteousness and Peace have not yet kissed each other —are foes and not friends. In the larger walks of life, where one n an Ideal world, where every man made a rule of doing comes in contact, not with the select loving few of the fireside, I only that which his conscience approved, though there but the great mixed multitude of humanity, he would be a might remain differences of intellectual opinion as mere foolish child who repined because seeking only Godliness to certain matters, and obeying only the Supreme voice speaking within, he there could never found himself an exile with few friends and ever in the midst be anything but of strife. peace. The King So certain is the path of the righteous man to be one of dom of Heaven on outward tumult that any apparent lull in the storm, any hours Earth means peace of seeming truce, are to be accepted as warnings that the right to all. Until that path has probably been missed; when the noise of battle roars Kingdom comes we around us again then indeed are we safe. Yet only externally shall all be able to is it true that Peace and Righteousness are foes. The peace echo the sentiment, ‘‘ Is there not a warfare for man upon which this world can give and take away is to be had for the the Earth ? ” asking ; it is not very permanent nor even very enjoyable in Of course the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, the long run, but it is much sought after and largely accepted. finds peace of a certain sort by escaping this warfare. Ortho It is denied, however, to those who follow after righteousness. dox goodness which runs in ordinary grooves, keeps itself But the Peace of God—that is a different thing, it is the well out of the way of the practical side of life, shuts its cherished possession of those who very often are denied all the eyes to new light, offers deaf ears to pressing but awkward blessings that the world holds dear. It is not so much the questions, is content to leave problems, reforms, and ‘ Causes’ reward as the accompaniment of Righteousness, and can be severely alone, and wrapping itself up in a cloak of conformity known to none who forget or who refuse to reverence Con to some more or less ancient ideal of sainthood, knows a con science as their king. The sense of harmony, so far as the siderable amount of peace. Its quietness of life is ominous limits of our nature allow, between our souls and the Divine nevertheless, for it speaks to 11s of the silence of the grave. Spirit ; the conviction that our will is His, or ready and wait The world looks favourably upon all save the heterodox ; it is ing to be 11 is ; the assurance that unity between ourself and God his to make enemies on every side.