The teachings of ancient theosophy and spiritualism--the mysticism of
the East--have been permeating Christendom in recent years. Mme. Jean
Delaire, writing in a London review, said some years ago:

"India has apparently still a mission to fulfil, for her
thought is slowly beginning to mold the thought of Europe and
of America; our keenest minds are today studying her
philosophy; our New Theology is founded upon the old, old
Vedanta."--_National Review, September, 1908, p. 131._

This flood of ancient spiritualism from the East has come about
according to Isaiah's prophecy of things that were to "come to pass in
the latter days:"

"Thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob, because they are
filled with customs from the East, and are soothsayers like the
Philistines." Isa. 2:6, A.R.V.

In 1909 one of the leading representatives of theosophical thought, Mrs.
Annie Besant, of India, toured America with the message of a coming
messiah. She announced:

"My message is very simple: 'Prepare for the coming Christ.' We
stand at the cradle of a new subrace, and each race or subrace
has its own messiah. Hermes is followed by Zoroaster; Zoroaster
by Orpheus; Orpheus by Buddha; Buddha by Christ. We now await
with confidence a manifestation of the Supreme Teacher of the
world, who was last manifested in Palestine. Everywhere in the
West, not less than in the East, the heart of man is throbbing
with the glad expectation of the new avatar."