Spiritual Life for the Man of
the World.
A Lecture delivered in the City Temple, London,
Thursday,October 10th, 1907.
(Reprintedfromthe"ChristianCommonwealth.")
THE Rev. R. J. Campbell, M.A., who
presided,said: Inintroducingthelecturer
toaCityTemple audienceitis not my desire
toindulge in personalitieswhich mightbe em-
banassingtoher,butIfeelitisduetoourselves
tosaythatwerecogniseinMrs. Besant oneof
thegreatestmoralforcesoftheday. (Applause.)
Shehaswell earnedtherespect nowsofreely
accorded to her bythe Britishpubhc, andby
manythousandsof thoughtfulmenandwomen
allovertheworld. In timepast shehashad
to sacrifice much for her fidelity to what she
believed tobethe truth. It israre insuch a
casethat strengthof convictionis untaintedby
anytrace of bitternessorintolerance. In pro-
portiontothepricethathas hadtobepaidfor
one'sconvictions istheintensityand,sometimes
shallwesay,thedogmatism,andevenintolerance,
with which theyare held; butif thereisone
