The New York herald., 1845-09-29

| Yesterday ~ Religious sServ1ces-Elobert Owen
4 and the Socialists.
Inc "a issr a IN Eanan very erowoss meeting
founder and master-sprt Robert Owen explain the
doctrines Of Socialism also the objects that
were he attained and the principles to be discussed at
the coming Worlds Convention, which he has been
mainly instrumental in originating The was
crowded early hour and at little after.seven Mr.
Owen entered in company with some others. He was
accompanied to the desk by quite handsome young
lady There quite number OF females among the
audience and they all appeared to be attentive to
what was said
world called, divided into artificial sects ana
classes which were the Of creating and perpetu-
atng disunion, anger, lwill &c these difficulties have
deranged the faculties and instead OF promoting cor
dial union among men, which is the one thing requisite,
they have trained up spirit ofoppOsitioa The question
s what all this when is acknow lodged that the
prevailing wish Of all is to obtain knowledge,
TRUTH and all that is beneficial Singular as
from the excess of goodness IN humanity Man Is
constituted as slwsys to possess desire to think aud
act rightly and be happy Thi. feeling is always at the
sacrifice and for this purpose his untitng efforts de-
voted at this present day in order tnst future genera
tions may be spared his suh.rings If the means were
made known by which this end could be attained, il it
be doubted that general enthusiasm would srse 1t
is this spirit that pervades all mems actions. This morn
ing he stated that the great objects required by
cety in practice, are supeifuy Of wealth and cha
the means also to enable society in this new arrange.
ment to supecede all circumstances and change
them for superior character. Those been
discovered We have come to very short point, three
things only are necessary viz. good character and
cupation for ALL that will yearly superluity and
change Of character These will be the object of the
conventonto to consider, and enquire how they be
joined in society People think that the distinctions of
party, country, &c. will oppose the union of
many. Such will not be the case-ther private
interests will not for moment offer any impedi-
thought that the present state of things is at all
calculated to future happiness the human
arta r1 md vifh xUh
darkened them so long from before suffering humanity.
Before there be universal union there be uni
another Shall we be able, in this Worlds Conven.
tion now to create these views and principles think
great exctements and differences pervadng all classes
Of society and from those anticipate that
sires and principles which were created with man from
the beginning till now, and will continue with him as
long as he is this earth Is the time como when all
prepared to abandon the local preudices forced
their minds by their individual educationl think the
world is greatly prepared to abandon them The trial
will be made, at this Convention; it will be
whether the eternal laws of nature will not tri.
umph them. All that will be required of will
that we all openly and for ever abandon these error
they are but three; we but to change them, and
h three % errors adopt three truths
discover the reason Of the failure Of their objects they
will see that the disunon between and man is fatal
to them The time has arrived for the priests of all re-
ligions to abandon those mysterious tenets on which
none will ever agree, and at to unite in teaching
their pupils the and spirit of all religions viz
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religion that lalone become UNIVERSAL it will termi
nate all wars, and secure the peace of the world Let
the public be instructed that they call upon every
priest of uncharitable because opposing Sect to relin
quish teaching their mysterious doctrines and com.
they want texts let them search the scriptures there
they will find abundance Of them to teach their disciples
this divine charity, without which all is naught. Then,
and not till them will the population Of this world be-
come good and happy the earth highly cultivated and
with all their high and noble faculties fully develop
ed II is with view to effect this change for the benefit
Of all without exception that the Convention is to meet
and he was rejoced to know that at hand to
effect this great and glorious change
At the conclusion of this address q collection
taken up to defray expenses, and Mr.. Owen made a
| further address, after which they separated.
DR.. BusH's DISCOURSE AT THE SOCIETY Library
LAST EVENING dense congregation filled up every
available place in this chamber last evening long before
the hour appointed for the service of the evening The
avenues in the immediate vicinity also thronged,
and bevy two of OF the light fingered gentry
dpe into some of the tempting reticules which
were passing in By far the greater proportion of the
consisted OF ladies' dressed in the very pink
of fsshion.
At7t o'clock DR.. Bush commenced the service OF the
evening by reading hymn from the 3rd Selection "Glo
&C., which was chaunted by the congregation, acs
companed by the organ After which he offered up
prayer invoking the blessings heaven and for the
neratiou and happiness of his flock. The congregation
then sung the aosth Selection He then commenced
his discourse by aluding to the doctrine OF Sweden
borg, by which it became questionable the
Scripture recognise race of beings spiritual and
| above man They ought not reject it, nor ought
This the in relation doctrine of the resur
recton This was confirmed by the Saviour he said
he mad touched such bodies and there proof of de
lusion upon it, II is well known that the term angel i'm
pliee messenger, and man, while dschargng that
vice, much an angel the angel itself If man
be angel earth his spirit is angel in Heaven
There nothing inconsistent in the idea that those
call angels are human spirits in uncreated state. The
spirits OF evil were legons of fallen spirits under the
fuence ofthe devil All the angels es,
as they saw in certain passages in the scripture
ject, and their existence not to he doubt.
| ed. There several instances to be found in
the Scripture showing the existence OF the fallen an3e
This was to be found Doth oil anj new Tes' ane o
In connexon with this he cooli instance the many pas
and GomoTrah showing that algels were The N
OF pride bad originally caused the fall oi the angels
this ought TO warn the Christian community against
pride out II also referred tn oruicaton and the othe
sins which the Christian world guilty The Old
Testament had made aluslon to the OF God who mad
| been seduced by the daughters of men, and having
sinned produced OF giants that eventually brought
by their transgressons the deluge. This paal.
lei TO the Sodomites who after strange flesh in
seeking the daughters Of men, II meant the crime of
ncation As these Sodomes went abroad in search of
lust in the words Of the Apostle ASoELLoI Me TEN
ARKEN EAuToS," which in the original Greek meant An.
gels not preserving the government Of themselves mot
being able to restrain their passons) Such of those
angels as had trangressed condemned the
OF tho Gospel declared in the original Creek TARrA.
RosAs" send them down to Tartaus He went on to say
that he cone nded that according to passages
in the Scriptures that angels not diff erent race
from men, To be sure, the fall of man. contend.
ed was brought about by the temptation OF evil spirits
which showed the existence evil spirits long before
the fall of man. He contended the evil spirits which
were cast OUT p the saviour IN the performance Of his
miracles were human spirits and swedenborgs teach
| ing affirmed this. The objects which swedenborg
airms he saw in the other world. he (Dr b. could not
undertake to say he had but the doctrine he had
laid down forcible and worthy of consideration by
the rejecting Christian Angels, according to Sweden.
borg, were the spirits Of who clothed in
human nature. Swedenborg told us he had seen them
talked with them and conversed with them. An angel
was being bearing the likeness OF God man. called
in his material body, was called an angel when
divested of that body. They were superior race OF
men, that had fallen from their original purity and those
| euDou IA lie
also called men in Scripture Lot called the three
angels that came to sodom, men" The Angel Gabriel
was called the Man Gabriel in the Scriptures, and in
various other passages angels called men, and he
| believed they were men who had been disembodied
In his concluding remarks the Rev. Dr. inmaed his
intention to deliver his next lecture
Mesmerism an conue1ion NTH the Doctrine of SpedeI.
| borg, when the congregation separated