New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-06
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
pnvis,s ReveIatIOn--Nohe, Concluded

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gical theology from those times up to the present
In this connection he speaks OF the Persian Hin
doc and Chinese mythologies and Of the faith held
blythe inhabitants Of America, which he character.
jzes as purer than any other. He takes up some
IDEAS and expressions in the Book Of Genesis illus
trating them by reference to the writings Of Zorro
sser b the indoo traditions aud by various origi.
nal explanations. lie discusses the ideas Of evil,
of death Of personal devil Of oraces and prophets.
Prophecy he ex plains at considerable length the
following is the Of what be says the subject:
Il simpossible for any mind 10 be enlightened from
the higher spheres concerning incidental external cir
cumsisuces for all Incidental and external circum.
stances are and chaDgeshle connected with
no design Produced by interior Cause and governed
hy no general principles. Hence they alike I'M
known TO the expanded powers Of mind existing ia
higher spheres and 70 the uniformed minds of the
present state Of existence. TO definitely foreel war
an accident any incidental circumstance positively
an impOstibity for II is not ia the power OF any inter
nal and general principle 10 fOreshadow 10 the miud
merely incidental circumstance. Ii upon interior prt
opies alone that prophecy can be made with absO
Lutte certainty Of its accomplishment aud therefore if il
possible for these TO foreshadow external and In
cdenia circumstances then prophecy concerning such
might be relied upon.
OF the Bible he speaks under the title of the
Primitive History. He processes to maintain its
truth, and TO defend it against the many false and
imaginative interpretations that have been imposed
upon il In the statement Of his impressions con
corning the Old and New Testsnents and the
Saviour, the Clairvoyant employs more than hun
dred and fifty pages of the book. The general
character Of this portion is Rationslistc. The
author attributes to the Scriptures infallibe
supernatural inspiration. He in them
such internal sense as Swedenborg and his disci-
pies maintain 10 belong to them. Each book he
makes the subject of special dissertation, in
which reference is constantly made TO the history
and customs of tribes of which record is pre-
served For Isaiah the Clairyoy ant impressed
with higher veneration than for any other OF the
Old Testament writers, being man Of higher
social intellectual and spiritual constitution, and
more cognizsnt Of the principles Of the Divine
Mind existing in Nature.
In treating of the New Testament, the author
sets out with a denial Of the miraculous option
Of the Saviour ms being merely speculative by
pothesis and contrary 10 the Divine Laws No
judgment. he says has ever been convinced of its
truth Against the assertion of the Gospel of
Matthew, that various events in the life of Christ
foretod in the Prophecies the author brings
forward his own exegetical remarks No isolated
event in that life is no says, referred to in the
books OF the Old Testament
Next, he takes up various doctrines in relation
TO the character and mission of the Redeemer
iecting the dogmss OF vicarous Suffering. OF his
Mediatoria Office, as well the belief that he
came to bring life and Immortality to light. He
neither had Divine mission nor did he confirm it
by incomprehensible miracles according to the
Clairvoy ant Against miracles, or works trans
cending aud reversing the natural movements of
the Universe the author speaks at length.
Iii then proceeds to an investigation of the doc
trines of Original SIM The Atonement,'
Faith, and Regeneration attempting in &C
Cordance with what he has said before, to set them
aside This is succeeded by farther examination
of the life of Christ related by Matthew. Mark,
Luke, John The Acts, the writings of Paul and
the other books of the New Testament are SINH
larry touched upon and explained, giving occasion
also to the introduction omany collateral ideas and
alleged facts The author speaks of SwedenbOrg,
saying that he was ply sicay and mentally in the
same state as the writer of the Apocalypse. He
was at times in a state OF spiritual elevation which
enabled him to perceive the most important truths
of the spiritual world, though the conclusions at
which he arrives thererom not always in &c
cordance with his own fundamental principles. He
set out with certain impression as to an interior
sense in the Bible and labored to interpret Nature
IN confirmation of that idea rather than to discover
If that idea were were not true. On the manner
in which the present canon OF the Scriptures was
established, the author comments IN severe terms.
Next the history Of Jesus is taken up and mar
10y the Cairvoy ant who processes TO give 1t as
it actually was BE speaks of him in these terms
lie saw distinctly and realize fully the unhappy ait
usion OF bis fellow men and he yesrned for the time
10 come when there would be new heaven and new
earth wherein mi ht dwell righteousness. lie was
ous for the prevalence OF general harmony OF inter
esls and action such as would join in ono the whole
race Of mankind lie desired that prudence and indus
try should reign throughout this material sphere
that The desert might blossom the and the will
derness bloom with a smiling inviting ossuy Thus he
delighted to contemplate the establishment OF the spirit
ua Zon-ihe great Temple OF knowledge aud Right /
eOusness eeugy spoken Of and 50 earnestly desired
by that good aud worthy writer ISAIAH
Thus JEsUs was good man. a noble and unparalleled |
Moral RoioTmer. considering him disconnected from
all hosc unjust things that In the New Testament
corded OF him lie aid profess 10 be the son OF God
In any other sense than that VI branch ali Of the
great Tree Of universal aud eternal Csusauon He did
profess 10 be directed and mpeed by any pr
than that Of Divine leve the germ OF which dwells In
every other being 1ndeveloped And 10 this principle
As existing Ia Others. he appealed ieensy in order
that ito qualities might be unioded and that they might
advance 10 degree Of refinement In love and wisdon
then occupied by himself lie WAS. then Type OF A
rkKFEcr NAN both in physical and spiritual quslifca.
tons But those representations which make him more
thau this discover al ngTL< and express that only
which was protested for, but never By him
Many other recognized beneiactors of Humanity
are spoken OF subsequently as well as some per
sons who are not generally regarded as such Con
facius, Drama. Zoroaster, Mohsmmed, Galen' the
seeress of Provost, Luther, d fiolbach, Fourier
swedenborg are named in this connection, and an
account is given OF the Economy Of the Animal
Kingdom by that writer, book which it is al
hrmed by Prof Bush the Clairvoyant could not pos
sibIy have seem In speaking Of various theories
the Cairoyant holds the following language
Any theory or hypothesis having tendency 70 dis
unite the material from the spiritual or the sOcs from
the moral 10 disune 10 any way the human race 10
entirely Improbable and should De for discarded
for is made plain from pest Investigations that per.
iect morality esnno, Do developed the rudinents
snd social condition Of the IL first made suitable fer