New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-11
" - To darken and pu, our
Eternal truth BY everlasting doubt

The cause lies down in the hidden chambers OF
the Soul in a strong aversion 10 recognise Dh Hsi-
cai effects as the operation Of spiritual causes This
principle. however. is the grand distinguishing
feature OF the philosophy developed by Sweden
borg aud which constitutes the sacred DecniiHm Of
the new Church. The system OF this Church Is =
system which processes 20 connect all natural with
all revealed truth, aud for this IL is that the
New Church pulpits more frequently resOund
with the discussion OF themes thar would seem %
o superficial glance 10 be remote from It's legiti-
mate province aud 20 SAVIOR more Of the school than
Of the sanctuary. For this we are not conscious
Of being required % offer apology. The Uni
verse OF Truth Is from God, and the study OF all truth
in Is multliOrm relations IS eyermGre conducive
% the upbuilding OF the spiritual man. We make
an appeal TO the enlightened reason and the
devout Influences OF our fellow men. II the ap-
peal is sustained by the dictates OF their own
minds, well-if not, It matters not except 10 the
tssentients. Our confidence is not impaired
Our serenity is not disturbed Il is easy to deny
what can never be disprOved.
Promising, then, that though we profess b fur
nish light, yet we cannot furnish eyes % make II
available, I would remark that the Illuminated
Teacher OF the New Church comes before the
world with the following propositions, which he
submits 10 the consideration Of all seriously reflect
ing minds 10 be received or received or rejected,
accordingly as the weight Of evidence shall deter
mine
Fiysf. That the Lord alone has life in himself
that He Is seliexistIng snbstance-the eternal
sole infinite inexhaastible fountain Of life and
consequently that no created being has any other
than derived and mOmentarily dependent life.
IL q still farther taught on this head that the
Lord 10 Life because He "a Love-that ali Lite Is
an emanstiOn ot Love bat this will be more fully
considered in he sequel.
.Sec0nd AT nssnuch a. life is an influx from
the Deity, Il IS not, properly speaking created.-
Indeed he mentions the following as not in their
nature creatiye-Life, Law and Wisdom, Light
and Heat. Creation is predicsted Of the organs
aud receptacles into which these principles flow
but not OF the principles themselves. What Is
uncreated and Infinite, Is the Divine Itself IN It's
self from this principle man cannot be formed,
Tor thus he would be Divine in himself, but he may
be formed Of things created and finite in which
the Divine may dwell, and 10 which L may COM
msaicate its life, and this by heat and light from
Itself as a sun, thus by its own divine love com
Daratiyey as the examinations OF the earth, which
cannot be formed from the essence Itself Of the sun
Of the world bat from the created things Of which
the ground consists, In which the sun, by its heat
and light, can inv srdly dwell and To which II can
communicate as it were life. From which cOnsid
erations Il Is evident, that man and angel are no,
life in themselves but only the recipients of life
whence also Il follows, that the conception OF man
from father is not any conception Of life bot only
the conception Of the FIRST and purest form receipt
bic Of lite. 70 which as a stamen or intiament are
saccessively added IN the womb the substances and
materials adapted 70 the reception Of life in its or
der and in rs degree.
THIRD That IN Man and Angel, as IN God him
self the essential lite is in the Love. or. II you
please, IN the Love aud Wisdom united-that Is b
say Ia the Will and the Understanding the two
elemental receptaces into which the Divine vital
lnhgx flows Man. says our author, Is aware
Of the existence, but not Of The nature, OF love.
He IS altogether ignorant that IL IS hn very he
not OILY the common life Of hrs whole body, and
the common lie OF all his thoughts, but also the
IFS Of all the particulars thereof. The reason
Why il il unknown is because IL does not appear
before the underst snding, and the understanding
is the receptacle OF the light Of Heaven, and what
comes into that light; this appears inienofiy' iof
man knows what be thinks; wherefore also ne
saws that this or that 10 in the light OF bis under