Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-12-24

| The K nd OF the Worid--A New hevelat Ion.
| TIE -,ectI re room of the Lyccum Of Natural His
tory, 56s Broadway, was crowded to overlooking o.
Sunday evening, TO hear MIR. Bsrrstt's lecture on
'The End Of the World" The beauty and fashion
of the city all there, seine others, from the
worlds end for ausht we know, for the throng was
| such as is seldom seen even at the solemn Taber-
| naGle.
Mr. Barrett commenced wiA defence of the
New Church doctrines, again like sneeEs Of those
oigots who think that nobody has a right to any
! ing passage from Reid
But the time is approaching when the claims Of the
4ew Church on the public attention nay not be easily
set aside There problem to solve, to which those
who reject the claims Of this Church will ind it difficult
to find solution and the instrumentation and igno
rance which nave often prs,sI,so an REGARD 70 VIII.
good manners good scholarship. The writings of
swsAenborg in their character and influence
that he moral sense of the community will bear testimony
that there wilful imposure and they perfect
in their method and logic that the ration atty of the
munity will bear testimony that there no insanity The
voice OF these two witnesses cannot be senced and the
day approaching when the assertion that these writ
ings not of importance to command the aen
ton of the public, will not be hazaded by any no
either Of INTEL genes seeks to be so esteemed"
Mr.. Barrett csntended that, because there had
been many false prophets and religious enthusi
asts, it was no sound argument against true ones,
nor any reasons why genuine ones might net be; on
the contrary il had always been the case, the APP
pearanee of true messengers from heaven, that spu
rious offered their Professions to the world.
Whenever any important change had been effected
in religious things, it was always done by special
messengers, and then Mr.. b. went on to show how
il came to be necessary that nec messenger
should be sent to man at these times He said that
the Greek words which are generally rendered "the
end of the world properly translated signify "hs
contamination of The age" and that they refer to
period in the church when all good and truth
no longer be found in it a body; thus, that the
ia moi e dost A
church. he observed, was essentially love to God,
and love to our neghbor, bat that love Of self
ths ruling love in the church, and so 1t il aas
end. Men seem TO be universally aware Of this
TRUTH hence the great oveme It's among Christians
Of all den ominations, and the general and growing
desire TO throw away all creeds, and 60 back to the
Bible. But If we go back to the Bible, said Mr.. b.,
with only our intelligence to guide US, wo
would soon relapse into the same errors before;
and he showed hsw human pride and love Of sway
had, ever sInse the first century of Christianity,
been tearing down the sim pie truths Of the gospel
and substituting their own speculative dogmas in
their place. The same plumbers would be commit
ted over again. il man were len to himself and there
fore, it had been provided that nev dispsnsation
of Christianity should be made to man, through q
human agent. Such were the truths revealed to
Swedeuborg, which were not To be considered as
comparable to the Bible, which is holy, because the
word of God, aud written in correspOhdences; but
,i,apy as KEY by which the treasures that
book could be hsnceforth clearly understc cd.
MIR. Barrett then stated the popular and universal
opinion relative to the destruction OF the wsrld by
fire, and appealed to the audience, whether there
any thing like nationality in IT. He said that
such a belief was Inconsistent with the constant
mauife staff Of divine love and wisdom, in taking
such care Of the earth, aud with all principles Of
progress and Besides, said he, there is
grand pailoso optical dificuity for the stones and
earth,, Of which the greater proportion OF our pa-
net is imposed, are inconbushble materials, being
themselves products Of combustion. Before they
can be burned therefore, they must be brought Into
a conSustible state, which would be great
change FROM their present condition, as the sohver-
sion Of shes into log Of wood and then after they
have been burned, the products will be stones and
earth now.
Mr. b. then gave 4 summary Of the New Church
view ofth matter which is spiritual and entirely
different from the natural meaning, and which has
been glanced at sbove and in treating OF the con-
summation If the age" he gave it, left and right. to
people Of all denominations; and walked into their
hypoc riticai bigotry and self righteousness, in
way that was caution to Pharisees. He spoke Of
a clergyman who had said IN his presence, that
in another life man would be likely TO take
the form Of bullet 40 that OF any othsr-show-
ing that he did not, in fact, believe know
any truth relative TO heaven mans existence here
after. When Mr.. Barrett showed in strong Ian
guage the inconsistency of the leading doctrines
Of the present CHI istian Church, which he said is
dead, one pious minister took his hat and or
and could not help nsticipg that the hail al
terwaId considerably cooler for his absence.
MIR Barrett confined his remarks to the rational
view Of the subject; bat stated that on the next
SUNDAY evening he would give the scripiurai
proofs, according to the New Church dIspensation
&c Christianity. MIR. Barretts lecture was pro-
fou nd logical and highly entertaining, an VIC never
saw a more spell-bound audience than that which
listened to the eloquent Swedenborgian preacher
We shall 20 for Sweden giansm till after Harri
sons inauguration, at the least. We are not
that IL is not about To- create rs great revelation
in religious thags, "a the Herald has effected among
the newspapers.