Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-16
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 1e, 1857.


any man hear my voice and open the door, I will
come m, and sup with him and he with me. The
Lord OF heaven Ind earth knocks al the door. But
he will not intrude his presence uabidden lie
waits Till man opens the door He does not force
his inclinations, although he to partake with
him Of heavenly feast Man must meet him at
the de0r and open land this is but little that he
now can dO) or the Lord of glsry will not come in
Fatal mistake, should the occupant fail TO hear tire
voice oil his illusriOus vsitant and to open tho door
of the mouse of life that the Lord of life may enter
Let US rather anticipate his coming let US, like the
| wandering prodigal, who had deserted his father S
house, where there was food and to spare, and who
was perishing with hunger, let us resolve, and, by
the grace OF God keep our resolution-to return to
cur Fathers house, and he viii certainly meet us
on the way, aud there will be such rejoicing over
the lost child of Gsd that is found as will awaken
RESPONSIVE chords from the harps of listening angels.
But IDLY, Faith is procured by learning truths
from the Word The Lord himself ia the Word.
The Word is infinite goodness and infinite truth. 1t
is established forever in the heavens among the
angels and in the superior region of angelic mind
But the Lord desires that it should be established
also ip tile earth among men, that they may be
raised to a heavenly, angelic stHto On account o.
the evil states in which men are, the Lord cnnno
come as the ine lblc love, the Father:-he therefore
comes AS 4ha infinite truth, the son, to judge th'
evil to separate the evil from the good, and to saw
all to whom he comes, and who are prepared to re-
ceiye him and to welcome his comingi-he comes 4
eniightGn theI understandings point out theiT
wnnGerings to show them tho path to the Father
the infinite love, and lead them back to him-ul
to hm-that both Father and Son, both love ant
wisdom with all their sweetness and sustaining
force, NAV take up their everlasting abode with
them, a1d celebrate their union in the temple
wherever they worship him. and where he desires to
be wOrshipped.
As the Lord II the divine wisdom, those who 60
to the Word for instruction, go to the Lord, ani
the Lord meets them when they read the Word, and
| imparts to them divine truths provided tley were
truths l0r their uses. SUCH persons are In lllustra
| tion frcm the Lord and when thcy read the Wsrd
with affection, The apparent truths OF the letter pc
come transparent and, through the spiritual and
celestial senses OF the Word, which are in the light
Of heaven the Lord flows into the natural sense and
iluminates and ms it were, glories it, as the Lord
| himself was gloriliel when he was lifted out oil MS
natural into his spiritual state in the presence OF
Peter, james and John, and was rlnsilgured before
them. uence men aeknowleige the truth from an
interior perception Of it, and see it in all ITS form
| and beauty, and this ackhOwleaSemeht Is hNlhs
and saving faith.
Those, therefore, WAC fear by inyoc alton, to ap
proach the Lori in his own person, on account oil his
infinite greatness or because they do not know now
to approach him Alright, or whose conceptions OF him
are low and unworthy, whose sins have separated
them at great distance from him, and have raised
up mountains between themselves and him, SO that
they cannot see him, but whs would tain see some
thing of him, who cropping in tho darkness, are de-
srous to feel after him. it haply they may hnd him,
though he be not far from every one OF u.s. since IN
in him we live and move and have our heingi-let
Word whose his inefable splendours are yelled with
cloud, through which the light shines with moder.
ated efulgence adapted 10 their statos and II they
do not at once discover and comprehend NIL truth,
they will certainly have some truth revealed which
will be Of use to them, and some that viii gently
lead them up to Him, their great Friend and Bene~
factor aud 10 all the holy angels who surround his
tbrnne Tor the Word, read with humility and reyer
ence and desire to understand its contents, is an
appointed medium of conjunction with the Lord,
and of conservation with tho angels OF heaveni an1
when this conservation and that conjunction are ell
fected life inlOws Immediately from the Lord aud,
meiiate!y, through the angels, into the VIII and
understanding OF those who read tho Word and
while they are reading it, and impars life, which
becomes their own if they make 1t their own ny
liviHg it.
The Word of God is no common book. 1t Is the
record OF hc Lord s thoughts which arc intinite in
WISDOM aud not of mans thoughts which are vanity
folly lc are Too apt TO treat a. u.s. an
| &c Eostd!S ftnensWer eiscourslns so Us do1ht
worldly things, and not If the Lord were speak
| ing to us about such as are heavenly and divine
We are too apt to investigate its contents with the
light Of our own reuson without seeking illumination
| from tho source of all wisdom. We're we, when so
occupied to look to the Lord for light we should in
all probability TRUTH as tho angels continually
sec it, in lis lights, not revealed at once IN all
its fu!lnc Oyerbearng and prostrang our faculties,
but in n state of gradual development adap ed to
our states for receiving it, We should bebeld in
numnraole TRUTHS not jumbled together in will con.
fusion, ing each ethers path, and bllndlns tue
orderly SERIES series rising above series in endless
| progression, and nm ininitude OF truths belonging
| to each series This, whether the suhJec: OF con-
sideIaton were HOd or man, heaven or earth, crea>
ton redemption, regeneration silVation, cenJunc'
tiun with their Lord conservation WIN tne ahgeis,
natural life, spiritual life or celestial it", or the
! three corresponding senses 0t the WORD IN Whlch
the angels OF heaven and men on earth are, we
should find in each of these subjects an lnuehnte
number of truths stretching out into iniinty, the
eOnte npatUn Of which migAt occupy ages put SO
methodi2ed and arranged into claims ana sefies ~
the great Revealer, and so bound t0gethef oy tue
laws Of association, which control ire nina In lts
acquisition of knowledge, and which render its ac-
quisiiUn easy, that we are Mt loss to say Whetner
the endless and ravishns views Which are contin'
ualy opening before us, or the bJautitul anu sym
metricnl order in which those views are arranged
aud presented Most likely to excite our wonder
and admiration. ~
All truths, accordingee their kinds, are 1rranged
inro series, constituting systems, which are called
sciences Thus truths of the same kind arc scpara-
ted from truths of different kinds, SO that they may
fall into their own class OF truths, with view 10
clenrness OF faith and certainty of knowledge, as
well as to preveLt the confusion into which the
mind would ue plunged in ascertaining the truth
in relation 10 any particular branch oil inquiry
The conference and consistency OF truths the adapta.
tun of part to part and of parts to the whole accord
ing 70 certain laws of order, and the indefinite null
duplication OF truths what constitute the perfec-
tOn of the Sciences produce strength cOmpaetness,
order and enlargement OF irg lect IN those VINO are
moro especially engaged ~ flhe Investigation Of
| various sciences, and in the application OF their
principles to the multiplied purposes Of life. Thus
every science has lis peculiar sphereits own special
organism, and, TO spenk, its own human form, in
order that may employ it for great anu useful
| ends ard may become more and more perfect and
powerful the more wisely and judiclously no em-
| hloys il for those ends. Thus the study OF the
| scieaces or Ofany of them has tendency 10 thvig>
oratc and elevate the mind of the student, to draw
| il away from natufaism; and by the wonders IL
discloses in endless succession, of lifting it into
higher pu:er md hapriet region OF thought, and q
bringing and nearer to tho Creator anu OF
| nwaEenIpg humility and reverence But, not only
| has every science its own laws, lis own orS6nic
str ,ture its own form, its own life, which give to
il com pletenes Of proportion and distinct indlvld
uality; but there is connection, relationship
between all the sciences, mutual dependence and
interdep6ndence Of these several indivdualittcs by
| reason Of which the light emanating from all the
sciences is reaested upon one science de only
tbprefore who has mastered ul the sciences, can be
saii to understand ahy science perfectly, and to
,,nnrohenl its beautiful and infinite connections
with the great system OF the universe;
To the receiver Bf tile doctrines OF the New Jeru-
s,iem. fnitn i; spiritual sight, to which natural
siyht corresponds This faculty Of seeing spiritual
iieas and forms, 50 as 10 comprehend ana under
stand them is, ie all tho other iacuities whleh
man possesses diviHe gfta fact which the student
| or Revelation devauty acknowledges md conse'
ouently loUgs to he Lord for illumination AS the
ioted sense Of the Word contnins, for the most part
only apparent truth, within which real truth lies
canceale like the soul within the body or the holy
of bnlies within the vail of the temple or jewel
within The casket that contains it,it is the Lord
alone, who, by opening mans spiritual eyes, and
shedding down heavenly light, can open the spiritual
sense of ihe Word and reveal those rea! and living
truths whose apperceptiou and application to life
make him living member of that living church,
which constitutes the Lords mysuca! oOuy. Inc
Grant ,pistske Of religious persons in respect to
spirituai light arises from their seeking il in their
own minds, where 1t is not to be found instead of
seeking il in heaven, the only source from which It
flows The spheres Of nature and the spiritual
world arc tota ly distinct from each other The
toymer Is exterior and inferior the latter is interior
aui superior The light Of the former Is the light
Of the understanding in tho sphere Of tAe natural
~ ~ t;,bt ,f the latter is the light of the