Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1861-04-13


pension. With no occupation but to
see and converse with spirits, or to re-
cord celestial revelations, he now resil
ed alternately in Sweden and England.
He wrote many theological works, and
made many proseIytes to his belief;
and while he was an object of the deep
est veneration AID wonder to his fol-
lowers, his statements were the more
mysterious to the rest Of the world. be-
cause he could not be suspected Of dis
honesty, and exhibited no mental ab-
Grafton. All respected him as a man
Of profound learning, an acute thinker,
and q virtuous member Of society,"
His moderation and independent cir
cumstances made it impossible to sup
pose him actuated by ambitious or in
terested views; his unfeigned picty
gave him the character Of q saint, who
lived more in the society Of angels
than OF men. With uninterrupted good
health, he attained the age Of eighty
four years, and died Of apoplexy, at
London, March 30, 1872. We are in
debted to an anonymous writer for the
following succinct and correct state
nent Of the tenets of Swedenborgian-
ism,
He teaches that there is one God, the Lord
= esuS Christ, in whom is divine Trinity
which is not a Trinity o pers ons, but is anal
OgOuS to that which exists in man. the imaee
and likeness Of God In man is a soul Or cs-
Santl&I principle Of life, form or body, natu
raj IN this world and spiritual in the spiritual
world, in which the soul exists. and BY which
it mauifests itself in operation: til ,se three
soul, form and operation. are as the Father
Son, and IIoIr Spirit. And as some affection
is within all thou@ht, and causes It. and forms
it, and as all action is the effect Of yoIition.
or affection operating by and through th0uobt,
so the Father is the divine love The Son +ba
divine wisdom. and the Holy Spirit the divine
operation SO, too, as every effect must he
produced bv some cause, and for some end.
end, cause and effect consist in all thinms IS
a Trinity. This Trinity Swedenb0ro does NOT
consider as = rbifr3ry and fourativo hnt NC
most real, grounded in the divine n9trro and
existing from the divine nature in ali thinos
With regard to regeneration, Swedeub0rr
teaches, that, as the Lord gI0rifcd his human.
ity by resisting aud overcoming the Internal
influences which assaiIed it, so man. by fol
lowing the Lord in his regeneration, through
his divine grace, NAV gradually become re-
generate; that is, receDtive Of GOOD affection
and wisdom from the Lord through the hcav-
ems; and in proportion as his sins are resist
ed and put away, he becomes thus rccentive
more and more pcrDetuallv. Svedcnb0ro
teaches that the Lord 1I0red0oms none to + II,
condemns none, and Furnishes none: that his
divine grace is constantly with all, aiding
those on earth who cooperate with him, sus-
tanning and leading forward angels in heaven,
and ende&v0llDg TO preserve the devils from
the evils which they love and seek; but that
be always perfectly regards and preserves the
free will OF every one, giving to every one the
utmost aid that will leave him at liberty to
turn himself either TO heaven OR to hell, and
to no one more. SaiTati ton, according to Swc-
denborg, IS not Starvation from punishment, but
salvation from sinfulIess. They who cooper
ate with the Lord, and confirm in themselves
principle OF good, in the other lie become an
gels, and associate with angels and their as
ISOLATION constitutes heaven. They who re-
sist the divine grace, and confirm in themselves
principle Of selflove, which is the root Of all
evil become devils; and their association con
stitutes hell. Both in heaven and he'll there
are MANY societies, each influenced by some
ruling principle Of good or Of evil, like :eekfpr
like, both in general and in particular, None
go into the other life entirely GOOD or evil:
While here the Good and evil are noroit-ed
70 endure The conflicts Of onnosino ina,anoos
within tbcm HAT the Good nav thnroL[- no
made better, and the evil oood. Int af-oI.
dn2fh When no fIrt5nrradica7 n2a',oa @S, 49,, +a
Mace tho rrIino nrnciIo o. a,,aI, o1, !; 'Io
man;fos+ and +Ia whole cba1,actar o,,,,.-a
a. i Mis- Anal cban~n ! aoco,,I:,oI ~,
doo,roos anJ ,vbi1a = o.o;.l- ~, Iioo- ~
mon a3o n"frbo, anaI ror 5, a,il On :',, 'ocos
KAN XIV. S-o7orI,@r s ,,t =, La : St'on
he'll hnf IN ,,tLa ro21I of s,,;-ie- ~ ,7
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