We do not believe in allowing the presence of _sham_ elements in Theosophy, because of the fear, forsooth, that if even "a false element in the faith" is _ridiculed_, the latter is "apt to shake the confidence" in the whole. ... What _true_ Christians shall see their co-religionists making fools of themselves, or disgrace their faith, and still abstain from rebuking them publicly as privately, for fear lest this _false_ element should throw out of Christianity the rest of the believers? THE WISE MAN COURTS TRUTH; THE FOOL, FLATTERY. However it may be, let rather our ranks be made thinner, than the Theosophical Society go on being made a spectacle to the world through the exaggerations of some fanatics, and the attempt of various _charlatans_ to profit by a ready-made program. These, by disfiguring and adapting Occultism to their own filthy and immoral ends, bring disgrace upon the whole movement.--_Lucifer_, Vol. iv, pp. 2 & 3. WILLIAM Q. JUDGE ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR LIFE In 1893 there openly began what had been going on beneath the surface for some time, a bitter attack ostensibly against William Q. Judge, but in reality also against H. P. Blavatsky. This bitter attack threatened to disrupt the whole Society and to thwart the main purpose of its existence, which was to further the cause of Universal Brotherhood. Finally the American members decided to take action, and at the annual convention of the Society held in Boston in 1895, by a vote of 191 delegates to 10, re-asserted the principle of Theosophy as laid down by H. P. Blavatsky, and elected William Q. Judge President for life. Similar action was almost immediately taken by members in Europe, Australia, and other countries, in each case William Q. Judge being elected President for life. In this action the great majority of the active members throughout the world concurred, and thus the Society was relieved of those who had joined it for other purposes than the furtherance of Universal Brotherhood, the carrying out of the Society's other objects, and the spiritual freedom and upliftment of Humanity. A few of these in order to curry favor with the public and attract a following, continued among themselves to use the name of Theosophy, but it should be understood that they _are not connected with the Theosophical Movement_. KATHERINE TINGLEY SUCCEEDS WILLIAM Q. JUDGE