Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-01

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steItauuRag erdrSg;Fa starlihe .stoppGd atj
this, ,point vSoald mherel asa son Oh
Ment OF falne.n s4..'sS oi'7 ~ *1s3ida
"Ffith Plat6,m6nd Arist6tl and NsWtonlhe.
would hiRie' sat'dowm Observation-Disclosures
andtbis tnelnety,f like theirs tRg9ngh the flight,
OF fageS, ,RToud have been nj hQlSehpll, wosd, al
beacoR,aad q ito%eEQf strength. eJHiS5phiIoSo9
ply has sl5renIinproved,up aud hiSdiscoycries,
tsupplementcdl lbutint his o,gn, day he was leader
81 elszagerule captain of the free lancost who
louSht their way into the citatletpf TRUTH, la
Is eae&Eeh uEE-thep
Shatt that shot the furthest from the bow; he
was the culmlnation Of all past truth; aud In
iiln were shadQwed forth, though, darklv, the
flashing gloEies OF. the nt4re.i He is the key,
stone ot the ARCH that connects sthel coming,
with jthe gone5 aud ever; advance. iafaFt every
discovery IN Science, every new phase oftrnth,
every additional development fof nnture 1t I'D,
Ti$esslu orbed beauty ito tiltitsi placciintGodls
great plan and universe, bears 7slenttwiEness, 10
INC truth and power of him whois one ofeafthS'
master rSPlTltSUTadds one other. stone TO the
aFch OF glory which the ages are wearing round
the memory OF Emanuel SWcdelborg.'.s
2hd, of Stvedehborg, the Philosopher, the
Lecturer diScourses in the following strain of
glowing .eulogy:-. - -, h..s7 ~
Through the trackless pathsrofstitne
tremendous solitude OF eternity, Tie porslltd Ehs
waylwlthlascDurnget thatnever lquaiIed, ana a
wing that never tired. His brain never recled
as the nations Of the damned rose rank on srank
IN all the ghastlyssPlcntor Of unfading fire: /: and
ms eye never 6!anched rs theaoug5line of sap.
phirc palaces flashed backsupo,r his vision the
unut!erable glOlies Of tIie ptity.s -
He was, of all men have met with, the.
calmeSt, wiSeSt, deepest. Ec was a pr0FiJUnd
scholar; a true Christian, n 6yal$ii biect II frs
nitcent poet. and hhrTfalled' fi!6s6piier, aud a
little child He has clnilirfcss that
btooded over the Book Of Life. and from n.
tangled weGj-work Of Sectaf{ah spesllafion ie
has given US again the Word of God Swebthy
his fingers, tue cathedral organ Of the universe,
Sa.long silent, has again sent forth symphony,
the rsyeTheratons of whieh are ringing vet in
floating notes and dying faHs along the hills Of
ti1nefi l4y has touched wit!. his agieians wand
the dark waters OF Death, and they SPARKLE with
the Scintlllatious of Immortality. He has lluMy
bridge across the baselcss, boundIcss cbasm
which separated the present from tile future,
and brought us to an innumerab!e company OF
aGteis, TO the. church of the first born, To the
spirits ot5the. just made perfect, and to oar Re
deemer, Father, God lie has elevated woman
tn7her true position, and Sct,once and forever
The perfect music unto-nuhie Nrords.} He has
built up the dcsecratcd temple 0t.AIarriuge reiit
heaVen'S g fire upon its sacred Shiine, and round
about the porch engraved t!ac sign and seal of
heaven.'' Z 5..f's. - = 4 efzs9ssf
Wider than Wesley, deeper thSh Whitfield
ruer than Lnther, he is the last great captain OF
the church nfitatit, aTidas the army with their
biuod-fecked banners and their duited armor
detite across the fb.ii:ge Of death, and range
themselves rank on rank, fnrthe grand review
byEtt'es Lord Of anStS 'tiofg lie t6 eJoSt wi. j
peace within his eye, and on-A ,brov the morn
ing star, Shall stand the calm the ciou,iIess the
uHconqucsabe $psIt Of EmaGucl SWedenborg.'' y
Should nc mt know so1aewta,tot such a man?
Is 9itlnotsiuconsisteHt wltiltbe claim lof csqund
Ijndgementsaud good scholarship to beIso utterly
in tue datk as we.asc,. respecting his writings?
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