THE flEV. J. J. B. COLES, ON THEOSOPHY. 



45 



a more or less relative term — whereas in the Pauline Epistles, 

 the Lordship of Christ over the toliole universe is set forth, 

 especially in Ephesiaiis and Colossians. 



The transcendent glory of the liisen Christ as the " Prototokos " 

 of all creation in these epistles goes beyond the scope of the 

 word Logos as used by the Spirit of God in the Johannine 

 writings. 



St. Paul does not use the expression " Son of Man " — doubt- 

 less for the same reason. 



Theosophy is concerned with setting forth from a Pantheistic 

 standpoint the evolution of this Cosmos or Solar System. The 

 revelation of the glory of Christ, and of the calling of the 

 Church, as revealed in Ephesians, infinitely surpasses anything 

 that can be found in modern Theosophy. 



An Inspiked Pevelation as to Origins. 



The mind of man works by deductive, inductive, analytic and 

 synthetic processes. But unless it starts from an inspired 

 revelation as to the question of origins — the theories which it 

 can formulate or which can be suggested to it by intelligences 

 of a spiritual order of existence, are not only interminable and 

 of a very mixed kind, but must end in leaving nothing certain 

 or sure. 



The Theosophist is openly and confessedly receiving sug- 

 gestions as to tlie evolution of this Cosmos from those who 

 profess to be highly evolved men of previous incarnations. 



The Christian rejects this testimony in many important 

 details, and, therefore, is bound to believe that the real object 

 behind these clairvoyant suggestions is both sinister and ominous. 



Holy Scripture states ercpresshj (i Tim. iv, 1) that such com- 

 munications will be a striking characteristic of the closing days of 

 this age or dispensation. 



Note on "New Elements in Chemistry." 



In a recent address on " New Elements in Chemistry " by 

 Professor Sir William Crookes, he said : — 



"If we had disestablished the idea of the fixity of the old- 

 fashioned elements, we would say we still had matter to fall hack 

 on. But philosophers had not respected even the sacredness of 

 matter itself. Physicists were now beginning to say that in all 

 probability there was no such thing as matter ; that when we had 

 caught and tamed the elusive atom and split it into 700 little bits, 



