The New York herald., 1869-01-25
Tine SECOND COMING or THE LORD.

What the SwcdenbOrginns Understand by the
Second Advent Of the Lord-Lecture by Rev.
Mr.. Giles.
An unusually large congregation assembled last
evening at the Swedenborgian or New Jerusalem
church, on Thrty-ffth street, near Lexington ave-
nue.. The Sermon OF the evening was delivered by
the Rev. G. Giles the Second Coming Of the Lordn
being the subject, and the thirtieth verse Of the
twenty chapter Of the Gospel according to ST.
Matthew the text-"And then shall appear the Agn
of the SON Of Man in heaven; ana then shall all the
tribes Of the earth mourn, and they shall see the
Son OF Man coming in the clouds OF heaven with
power and great glory.n This, the rever-
end gentleman said, was generally UNDER
stood to mean the personal appearance
OF Christ again upon earth, ana the imagination
paints this advent OF the Lord vividly, surrounded
by hosts OF angels and amid great pomp, returning
10 Judge, TO condemn, TO save and to consume. But
the doctrine OF the new dispensatlon teaches Diff
Lord-that by the SON Of Man the divine truth Is
meant; the letters the symbols through which IL is
are seen in the wonderful Changes to be wrought BY
1t In the world There Ia great Significance in the
use Of the term "son of Man." In the Old as wen
as New Testament various names are used at dtfrer-
ent times to designate the same being, Almighty
God. lie Is called Jah, Jehovah, God, Lord, Holy,
Holy One Of Israel, Creator &c. There is distinct
meaning attached to each term, and though referring
to the same person 1t interprets different
aSse od aaa o s Son II Man hs 9s son
the same individual, denote his different relations
with the infinite ana the finite, his relation to God
passages were cited from the Scriptures to prove
that the words '.son Of Mani embody the truth,
that as He Is coming to Judge 1t Is the truth thus
coming; for even I'D this world the law judges and
condemns, and not the Judge, who is merely. the
spokesman Of the law. And In further proof the
eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth Of the nne-
teenth chapter OF Revela tons were read and ex-
planned that the Son Of Man is the divine truth
which Is 10 come to redeem and 10 save. The man.
ner OF His coming In the clouds OF heaven,u the
speaker said, meant the revelation Of the truth by
means or the letters and symbols OF language de-
rived from the material world TO make 10
known TO us. What the clouds which rise from
the earth are 10 the sun, often hiding his light In
tercepting and modifying It, the language is 70 the
divine truth coming from material man; 1t often
conceas 1t, being inadequate to express 1t. Again
many passages fronp Scripture were cited to show
ports with the Bible and stands the test OF the SCI
encc OF correspondence the best test OF any theory
The common doctrine assumes the Lords second
play, But what Is poweri We generally ' ally with
power the signs OF noise and external force. The
Fails OF Niagara are made typical Of great power;
in It's bed lp the bosom or the mountain. Volcanoes
and earthquakes shaking the eold earth are
exhibitions Of power, but there s more power
- keeping the universe y Its rs
destruction; more power in an idea than in
ths armed eSsts e kings anp princes and Plato and
powerful influence than the armies Of Alexander.
Cesar and Napoleon. But the greatest Of all the
forces, OF all power is that Of the Bible which gave
sns 4 om ts & e o ns
is therefore, the coming OF the Divine truth through
the cloud, the spoken Word, with all the power Of
g. S Al G s
OF God and ol man, with divine truth as the ruling
principle In Church. society and state, thus making
this new world, with new heaven to shine over