New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-05
NEW.YORK TRIBUNE.


g., s,Ss., 1916. Up 100
- written in a kind spirit and with
1os' I. ,;.,o.,op 10 treat swedenborg and las
~ 80 e.i,Iy ,scoEns and ridicule-'he usual
p''s 80. hitherto ernployed against the Swedish
"e'r, ~, been utterly eschewcd by DR. Woods.
-, q, # be thought SrcdcRto5Pt0Htsm
nc - 10 be treated seriously and not to be
"''e - he ridicole and accordingly he at
-, ., meet il in n serious, manly ana argu'.
manner. He makes some frank con-
-, .bIeh we should hardly think his orthodox
-. xcsN thank bin for. Thus he says: The
-, q, ssslenborg unquesionably contain large
y ,,.,s. relating to God and Christ, TO Divine
l.,.. 10 saints and sinners, to the sehshness, de
....s vesesness Of the human heart, TO the graces
.fchrsdsssy TO our dependence on God m connection
. 5s,y 10 love and obey Him, 10 the disclosures
tI.s .;r l. made of human characters in the future
"a ~ rotay OF 0fksr subjects I3) This Is
s.,s1,s VIVA, would people have thought TO have
49,, sn~b confession this, and from snch source
twenty yesrsago' . - .i..,
hook before rs abounds IN errors and gives
'"n.ss eIv very one sided view OF Swedonbor-
- - - he yiew "a seen from Dr. WOOGs's peculiar
sa-.si s,.,A MONT We are willing 10 believe that
~ .,. we've anutenionsl. and arose from mis-
.n.,sbsn,ion Of swedenborgs meaning, or from want
~ s,uselently thorough knowledge OF ms system.
DR. ~ would brinz swedenbOr2s teachings 10 the
test Of scrpfueof Scripture 0s he andTsiGRds n, Oh
sour.e Bgi here st the outset he s met with an ap-
al ~ fact viz that SwedcnbOrg excludes from tue
Vrfg G0d considerable part Of what we regard ~
fbe H,t S7igwes" He then charges Swcdenborg with
sos..tcng Jesus Christ aud the Apostles because he
sos, not b.uce in the list of diyiney inspired books
N tboe which Protestant Christians generally regard "a
,,ersa md Inspired But how little weight is there in
tsI, objection Of Dr. W-bs very srOnges, as IT would
,eeu spd one which is often urged by Others-when
,hs Whole truth on the subject Is told
he fr., place SwedenOOrg does not Tfe0 from the
canon .ay books which have been placed there. He
rvs, them al where they are, and acknowledges them
"a h sood and useful He does not dcrbge any from the
rrk which they have hitherto occupied. lie ascrbcs 10
them Al the ssme kind and degree OF inspiration which
Christians have generally escrDed to them But his idea
NJ "a Bra Of God az well of inspiration Is very dit
,erept from the idea of Dr. Woods and Ohers and to
he hooks which compose THE WoRD, he ascrbes an
hi0hnr degree Of inspiration then has
generally been thought 10 belong 10 them He asserts
Tor them penary verbal Inspiration, maintaining mai
,bfy are divine to tie very ultmates-divne IN the
sye Of heir composition as well as IN the nature OIL
lheir contents.
Now the Rocks Of the Old Testament Of which Swe.
enbore aseris this highest and only proper kind OF in
spraf.dn are precisely the Books embraced In these
three eolections-sle Lac he Prophets and e Palms
And these collections often referred to- and quoted
rom by Saviour and il il fact worthy OF note and
zoe o. which Dr. Woods cannot Re ignorant that our
Lord referred 10 any other Books as Scripture or
Wsd d God than those contained in these collections.
Nhen the Doctor show that the Saviour, an singh
.seax0 ether by quoting from directly referring TO-
sny Book In the Old Testament which Swedenborg has
no, included in the list Of inspired Books, did thereby
,t s seal 10 is div lity then il will be time to charge
hin with rejecting part of the Books which were re
eeived by Christ ne Word If God and thereby set
thg himself in opposition 10 Christ himself But until
as can be shown such charge must be considered ss
rniounjed and unjust
Then fact with which DIR. Woods oaSh TO be
hnllsg that the Jews themselves did not regard the
Books irrned khaJim Hagiogrdph0 as OF equal an-
ory WITH the rest of their Scriptures. They did not
eensterhem Inspired in the sense and degree that
Msl &a the Law and the Prophets. And be It ob-
'er,ec oil he beos OF the Old Testament, which swc-
aenoorg has no, reck0ned among the penarily aud
properly Inspired ones, were included il ne Hg8s3.
eyepla
,aso well known that the early Christians did not
consider ihe Acts and the fpistcs in the New Tesla
msh a. Of equal authority with the writings OF the Evan
eeAsA The former originally bound up in scpa.
's volume iron the Gospels antwere called the dPos
10 md several other Books, now considered 0pocry-
pa we're bound With them, and regarded as Of equal
credit And the Acts and Apostolicsl Eystles Are the
s"s Books IN the New Testament which SwedenbOrg
sls are not pleaariy inspired
os' zoe reason why these rejected by Swedenborg
rom The Ne, Of inspired Books Is quite different from
sna' Or woods iInAghes for be ssys "swedenborg
lsocue'eo these doctrines e. the doctrines taught in
The Apostolic Epise,l ana this may have been a rea-
~" IN nm ior reletting the Epsilcs. l9) So
si rom MS beng The true reasOn, Swcdcnborg did not
'''Hst The doctrines set forth in the Ep tles-though
se lfooaDy tHdsrSiood them somewhat different from
NJ. Woods That he esteemed them as useful Books,
nd pregnant with truth j. clear from his own language
pW ftyer The writings of the Apostles he says,
~ my good books for the Church nasmuch as they
~'st N ue doctrine oi Charity ana fallh thence de
nsd . strongly the Lord himself hath done In the
u'lss nd IN the Revelation OF -. John as VII @p-
Fs esdenly 70 any one who studies these writings
~mtvsnion~
h. rmsaias upon fas pgc4ic,d sccs Of he revelation
q ce4sshcgH Prof. Woods has fallen iuto singular
1''ske. swodenborg no where teaches us 10 expect
. ONT sahos represents Opp % "a 2j that the grand
social moral and intellectual movement" of the last 90
I' was 10 be about by the protessed receivers
y rs doctrines or through the special agency oi Swc
Onoorsans lie does however teach rs TO expect that
- sseh events would follow throughout the world from
nss' Judgment and in consequence OF that event rs
~ woods biinsc,t acknOw edges have taken place
MS NE nader may see By tuning 20 the little Treatise
.Sss The Last Iudgment"-(Pp. II, p, and so ed
~ 'se "ocsof believes, Us We presume he does, that
49, suee' must have an adequate cause We would
- an Or ny one else TO account more nationally
~ Shedenecr2 has Tor tue grand movements of the
~ e.nirfy 10 which he alludes
"a Us second Lecture the Doctor has MANAGED 10
-sN swedenooIgs eNp7suons Of Scripture appear
"~ ncerions TO an ordinary reader lie has given
NpanAison OF the great principle science OF Cor.
'ePoedenee which hes at the foundation of ALI hs x
sASohs ei the spiritual sense Neither has he given
ss,ee ocrss explanations ~ flfeqSo of the passages
"a "a ne has brought forward examples of his mode
- pie'Anon, nor hiEted at the numerous tcxts
me same author usually sdduces in proof OF the
no',- ~ 1l' eSpositous Passing BY all this the
mann. fS'.e s Nuh his examples Of Sweden5Orgs
he
fashion: ~ "''u' somewhat after tais
III sYs me "eea Of Chr signifies divine truth from
80, w ana hs fssl signifies the Divine love oy
sSS a. .. Gag ssnhes the Church as 10 doctrine
New Charst 80 saser signifies the doctrine OF the
revealed By Swedenborg .ihs, All prom
- We Word. a. Of Peter James John &C. dcno,e
aanss, ~ or classes Of persons After giving
ssr,." S"edeneores explanations in some s,,cb
ssAo-. manner as this, taking care 10 avoid the
vii ..sSs and texts the Doctor then asks
a re,.or OF an air Of triumph -" What is there
losoyAy q, or common sense or phi
pressnor, ~ 10Y which could lead 10 such inter
IA r,ra NE Word of COD or vhica can ;,s,;t,, ,s
very uasxsr - Now We complain Of this a.
eors sni n. - ealosunsoe mode OF treating Sweden.
ma, 'eons OF Scripture Ills very much
ssace OF Ns,hs.oa undertake to write agsnsi the
pss. ~ nv false and In go ~ ~ y,
cao,bc SOM principles ana conmencs Win
usually g:yen ~ problems To De solved which are
ssys n go. "a N shrnstive form ,hu, - NJ
Iso SIDES Of rss, o. TIE sum Of the squares OF The
y The hypothess.s triangle IS equal TO the length
Who az s.sssn and making his sppcsl 10 those
'aoala A. Wanted with the clements ~ Geomstrv
Could his B. s "as, 'ense reason is there In This
as he sabiee,, 'slr or impartial mode of treat
perfectly vel This illustrates the Doctors mode
n he .osn We read such texts q. ,h,.ar., :.
Az. no N, - :, tae Son Of Nsn and drink M. M We
'l 1d w.. y you I'VE hnd dcuI to believe s ,bs,
..avels We srd s mentioned are 10 be understood