The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-12-01
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Emanuel Swttlcnbofg was boih'at Stock.
holm, Sweden, January -, 1885, he gradu-
atcd at tic university OF Upsll, iuSwedch,
atthu ago Of twenty-five years; immedi.
atcly after which lie spent ono year in Eng
Ian and three years ia Fruce aud HOLLAND,
studying mathematics, philosophy, astrono
my aid mccIiHics. AZ the age Of twenty-nino
ho was appointed, by Charles XII, king Of
Sweden, general assessor over the mines
a9d metallic works Of the nation hc was
ennoblcd aud took his scat in 1919. His
writings on. various scientific subjects, prin-
cipaJIy on the animal aud mineral kingdoms,
are said to amount 10 some thirty volumes,
of 800 pages each; some OF wliicli have
been translated into Euglislt within the Last
thirty years, and are found TO contain the
GERMS of someydiscoVeries which are sup
posed 10 have had d later origin.
In tho year l1lj, not in tho enthusiasm
OF yjuth it will be seen, but at the mature
ago of lifty-six years, he resigned his Office
oi assessor and declared that "hc was called
to a holy Office by tho Lord himself who
opened his siHkt to YiVw, the spiriLlal world
and gfa,iteH hinr thp pfivldgc ofaconver-
sing with spirits and angels He claims
to Ii We been guarded and specially permit
tel to see aud converse with the iuhabi-
tants Of heaven, the world Of spirits aud
he'll, face to face, with the Same freedom
that man convcrses with matt inthis world
for the lang period Of twenty seven years ;
and that this privilege was granted to him
that he might reveal to the world the state
Of men ter death According to his teach
Jugs tic spiritual world is not far distant
from rs, but we are IN the midst Of il and
all the manifestations of lite in this world
are but the clothing of spiritual forms,
lie agrees with St PAnl that man has not
only natural body bnt also spiritual
body while in this world. The resurrection,
he says, fakes pl,oo at death; and tho char
octer Of tho individual is not changed When
he puts off his material body. Very few
when they enter the spiritual world arc full
ly prepared for either heaven, or hell, but
ihnostN1t arry u longer sor shuterperiod
in the worl of spirits, which is between
heaven and hell; here the good and bad
gradually separate; tho good go finally
among those who lovo the Lord and thir
ucighbors sapremoly hhd I'M the utmost
freedom live forever life of usefulness in
obedience to the divine comNlands this is
hcaYen,s The, evil, after death, shpaly so
voluntarily among those Who love them,
selves and selfish, things, supromcly aud
as those who are governed by scIishnoss
here, ro, their owngood and the welfare, of
society require TO he irtstraihed by fear
aud punishmcnts, they will require the same
in the next Clilc when tl,eN do evil and
when their characters aro fully developed
in societies 10y themselves, they constitute
he'll Man's ruling love vt death governs
his destiny. The Lord loavch man in free
dom here, and compcls no one to be good
aud tho same is true hereafter. llcll-re is
sclrlovc. 1t is possible for mans spiritual
senses to be opened so that he can SOC and
converse with the inhabitants OF the spirit
Wl,wuYldN but at tho prcspptslay this is no
desirable Tor every man Is Associated with
Spirits of his own quality like with like. =
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