, 1863-08-14

Eacy Of fdleness Of gentlemen 81 leisure, all oyet
Cbrtstendom hundred years ago. The Last Jldss'
principles and parties In the wosld Of spirits
while the formation Of q new heaven and the reye
1ation Of Its doctrines for the esta bIshment OF
Of principles, to 4 new order Of influx. 10 new
train Of thought and feeling concerning lie began
indeed a new kind OF common ecnse auong men.
tue Lord only IN the degree man Keeps tde Com
uand1cnts, and In ceae1ug to do evil learns to do
well, to be nsefnl to do something that in come
taught end the new influx Of Common sense, from
Strengthen tie new aoetr1Se Il" that q ehal use, ss
Il shou6s and eemeu O, m
o. iolsoTtns the last Judgment. began in T5i-
weak re Z at 1rst, bnt continually becoming stronger.
A. TIE falss notions q lfe and evil forms Of So
tagonistic to the new element that was forming It.
een from heaven into the minds Of men. The
effect Of this continued and increasing influx must
therefore Of course be comnotion, change, reno;
y5ton reconstruction Of the order Of things In ali
departments and in all the planes ofIe, scientific,
artistie. cyl eocial. and Religions: the breaking
The formation and growth Of the new, and living,
II iii divine creations th.t is first which is nat
It be man as an individual. OF nation, OF q
The Lord formed the earth before he formed
be first forms the body Of an infant afterwards he
rational and regeneration man, and finally the angel !;
andiu the regeneration ofmRn the Child frat learns
aerWasds RATIONAL and analiy api1itaai fhlnss. ans
The aame law tolda trac in regard to the cstab.
ltshment, formation and growth OF man as
s on e. e ha
is, TINT which ie first formed and appears natural.
having within It the germ of what IS spiritual, as
Er1F5$rA1 frfF f%f$ ha
new heaven, flowing down and pressing to be re-
celved would manifest itself by It's effects through
those facnlties Of the mind open to Its reception.
There would be first the lowest natural, the sen
eaal those @ relating to the ph5seal sciences md
ght oTg ne tese eates eona
insentlons r. at, and thcae wonid follow each
cres1ed fhe notions q Science III that beiole pre
rallied would be exploded or renovated, and new
reaaon, would take their place Tic ats fot use SO
especially Wonld leap With new life:
And What has been the state Of things in this re-
spect since 1s5ss hesciences and useful arts arc
since then almost q new creation. The steamboat,
the railroad. the telegraph. the power press, the
cotton gin, the sower and the reaper md the now
and knitting and sewing, and ten thousand other
things, from the friction match that lights your
fire 70 the subject sunlight thnt prints your poE-
you across kingdom or continent, all have come
down and cut from tho new heaven since 1757-aud
the day Of making ail thiags new has hut just be-
gun.
The natural plane for man physical comfort has
just begun to b. prepared for tho coming forth aud
fesidenco Of the Higher things Of the New Jernsa-
segs Ths1 s sa5sZ saZnf osM o
the old have all these new things conc! How
Fulton 1abosed and struggled for long, weary years
asainat the ig1orance and pre]ndcc Of old ideas |!
the ptoptfetors OF the old stage coaches opposed
the railroad, because It would not only destroy
their business, bnt the farmers business Of raising
be no use for them. And the cotton and woolen
factories and sewing machines were long and BIT
te5ly opposed lest they should starye the poor
The old and useless In science and art, in every
thing else, loves ease, hates change breads death,
and battlce against the new till Its last breath.
Eye!Jthlng new. Ike new birth, comes with
Aitsr, I'D above fhe plane Of science and nrt for
the physical comfort Of man, and the lowest basis
cial plane Of life. Previous to 1851 the forms OF
the ciril and eocial world In Christendom grew out
Of the doctrine Of faith instead Of charity the lust
that idlcncss was geatcel and honorable and labor
seryifc md degrading. And Calvin taught that
even the effort 70 do anYthing good Was Sin. The
state Of tie chnfc6. Was like ils origin. Tic idie
few ruled. for thcir own agsrnndizement the many
lshoress The s,,ya working ~ men had NO libstty to
God to them They had no freedom to choose po.
Baal. a sclEelccted few claimed the divine birth.
the nations had worked down 60 low that part Of
the people were bought and sold like cattle.
Ateithc Lat Judgment, whcn the spirit Of the
tarily ald nationally doing something usetnl. Be.
gan to flow down md be perceived as the true
index and measure OF a 11au, the old spirit
I feeI md a1 lis naenee niue aa Ths 7aS elv1 9 pan:
the minds OF some were sufficiently open to per:
ceiye and receive something OF true light In civil
der Of civil government. In due time through the
civil planc ofthe minds Of the fathers OF coun
tty, there came forth the form Of our Republican
VIC may, and I do believe that tho IDEA Of oul
| government came forth from tho Lord, By the de-
Beendtng Influences Of tho new heaven, through tht
ehF be neW ciyi D,ne
| for the free as New Jerusalem Church.
But tho IDEA Of our goxeramcnt, bcsottcn Of tht
to tac civil plane Of tle minds Of our athers, va
not born without struggles and violence aad bleod
The old tyIanies and asistocracles opposed ant
esnmenr ana tic &c dgoty W Il HnS i,
the throes OF ouE revolution many of our father
laid down their lives. But new natiou-ncw |,
| fprit form and 1tfe-was born from the stsuggl
though baptized in their blood.
Since 175;, the same spirit from the new hcave1
that gave 1ise 10 our Go, e1nnent has been press
Werld. And what up6easinsa and Shingles has
to Oppose its ntferauce: Tet. ese:y eaoft to hoii
loosens tomc fetter; until to d.y. in England
| France, Germany, Italy, and cTen Russia. the u
boring eesf bresthes more freely and feels himself
was century ago We believe md trust that /,
due time the new man Of free civil government
5eeogn1Hing the ne g charity, the dignity an
| lonornb1encss Of useful labor, will be born init
active Life In the kingdoms Of the old world, whilt
the encrusted and useless aristocracics OF faitl
alonc. OF the Inst Of dominion pass away. But |
Snly be through Eendinss and trials and
and even when new milton Is born from tn
descending Influences Of the new heaven, i +
Ike the individual infant, dehlcd with heredltar
eEa,toa I'D perfection Of the ono, govern, also
II Hereditary ovii. BY the mercy Of tho Lord. lie
dPqIDgs s nf;nts e.g ye7s Wills Re
rs the wheh Il nc
come Ills iaborn csifs when, excited by wicke
life OF the foul And when In adult 1iIe hcrcdita
y evils, being excited BY evil spirits assault th
llfc Of the so9l, the MAJ begins to and that sh
hose 3Rat Is BON :nGsi ss lin
TT hs % ws ed IN IT,
est work be has to do Is TO :" cnt oI the .rigl
eand pluck out the right eye :" OF those hcrcdItat
evils that, from childhood, he has seen and love
But his regeneration and salvation reauiro the1
removal: and without 1t he cannot be saved.
the remains Of good and truth stored up ID h!1
from infancy be stands firm against tho assaul,
Of his inward foes. overcomes, puts them dow
and away. and rises into q higher an
purer atmosphere Of life, md into state Of pcac
Just 80 with nation. Begotten by tho inas
cnce Of the new heaven. our nation as nation: d
Declaring ~ men BY nature to b. "ffcc az
equal" and having an equal and Just " right I
M bsl end the p9snit Gf heappness, 81
the degradation Of 1abor. ,.
DuTg e e, oo9r aoo M he1
possib1e mems to store the inner miad Of the n
; ton with remains Of genuine civil and polite
good md truth !; inst1ling into tho minds OF h
pies Of ciyil life, Of respect for man as man, az
Tor his NATURAL rights as IN image Of his Maker
the duty Of all to obey law, to observe ordar, az
: The means Of these remains, Implanted in the Il
tcriors OF our national mind continually By Il
! various means provided by tho Lord for her Il
taIn Tho nation in her daY Of trIal. when, il ii
present more adult age, her hereditary eyils ha'
: risen up, aecking to destroy her national life
es Gs It Pssa Il Sn e ne
: -unobae1yed- have riser up in open reballio
and seek by violence md war. supremacy OF IL
: destruction ofnur national life.
Our civil war Ia conflict between the old az
the new between the principles OF free govc7
! mcnt and the principles Of deEpotism; bct~c,
! frcc service and compelled labor; between Il
: right Of man to own himself md the right OF a
other to Own him tho right Of every man to be Il
. AIm between the doctrine ttat useful labor ts ho
ornb1c, and that it fs degrading; between indust
: and id1eness between the eptct Of freedom and
: lust OF dominion: between the love Of use and t.
l. lust ofplcasu1e between the new from Heaya
I and the old from he'll. These arc the principle