Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"The Master Christian"

Henry Victor Morgan was born in 1865. Henry Morgan was widely known as a metaphysical preacher of the early 20th century. Henry Morgan and his wife published "The Master Christian" from the early 1920s until his wife's death in 1931. After that it was published only intermittently. He was minister to the Church of the Healing Christ in Tacoma, Washington, until 1952. In 1912 Henry Victor Morgan took the pulpit. He changed the church allegiance from Universalist to Divine Science and the name of the church to Church of the Healing Christ. He died in 1952.

Park Universalist Church 1893-1925
at the present site 1904-1925
Church of the Healing Christ 1926-1979
Church of Religious Science Center for Spiritual Living 1980-Present




Rev. Victor Henry Morgan of Tacoma, Washington, a Universalist pastor in good standing, preaches from his pulpit the New Thought philosophy, and practises mental healing; but prefers to stay in the organization to which he belongs.
“A History of the New Thought Movement” by Horatio W. Dresser [1919].

"There comes to my heart more and more
This infinite spirit of trust,
That in spite of all earth-seeming wrongs,
The universe ever is just.
"No matter how heavy the load, nor how bitter
the trials we have known,
Though broken and crushed in the dust,
We are reaping just what we have sown.''
Henry Victor Morgan


The convention of 1912 was held in Los Angeles. Mr. Douglass, in sending out the call for this convention, stated that all New Thought societies were cordially invited to send delegates, pointing out that the invitation applied to all bodies holding similar views, "though they may not adopt the same name. . . . This is the first time that the East and the West come together in a mutual understanding and fellowship, for a larger and more aggressive propagandism; and marked results are looked for."
The meetings of the convention began June 25 and continued until June 30. The subjects for the chief sessions were, The Divine Man, The Resurrecting Power, Unity, Joy and Beauty, Peace; and the speakers included Myra G. Frenyear[1], William Farwell, Harriet Hale Rix, Alfred Tomson, Harry Gaze, Clinton A. Billig, Henry Frank, Mrs. M. E. T. Chapin, C. Josephine Barton, Anna. W. Mills, James Porter Mills, A. P. Barton, and Henry Victor Morgan.

A History of the New Thought Movement by Horatio W. Dresser [1919]
“Today on the heights I stand Above the sea of thought,
And look o’er the changing drift At the baubles for which men fought;
That slip through their clinging hands And ever remain uncaught,
Unchained through the drift of years They float o’er the surface clear;

And forever warm hands reach out As the illusions of draw near:
Till the weary hands reach out As the illusions of life draw near:
Toady on the heights I stand Where God’s winds sing lullaby,
And no more reach for the gleam Of the baubles for which men die –
For I reach to the heart of God And master of fate am I.”

~ HENRY VICTOR MORGAN



[1]

·         SAN DIEGO-House of Blessing, 2109 1nd. St., Myra G. Frenyear, Master Mind Magazine, April 1912 to September 1912  By Annie Rix Militz
House of Blessing (Higher Thought) — 2109 Second, Myra G. Frenyear, minister. Full text of "San Diego City and County Directory - 1911"  "San Diego City and County Directory - 1912"
·         Frenyear, Myra G Suite 2, 17 Durham St., Boston, Mass. Mass.) Universal peace congress (13th : 1904 : Boston. Official report of the thirteenth Universal peace congress, held at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., October third to eighth, 1904. Reported by William J. Rose, Boston. Ed. by the secretary of the congress . (page 39 of 41)
Frenyear, Miss Myra G., Associated Charities, Boston.  
Full text of "General exercises : of the International Congress of Charities, Correction and Philanthropy, Chicago, June, 1893 ; together with a list of officers and members, programme and rules" 
 

No comments:

Post a Comment