The New York herald., 1869-09-12


ever flowing through the blessed volume to men. az
we look beyond the rising and setting and know
that Notwithstanding appearances our natural sun
Is the centre or cur solar system, and ever pours
down upon the earth a boundless food Of heat and
light, corresponding to love and truth Day and
night summer and winter, are caused by the aspect
OF the earth towards the SUM- and not from any
change In the sun. So when 1t appears from the
letter of revelation that God is angry jealous, hates
&C., 1t Is the aspect of the human soul towards Him
which gives this appearance, and not any change
In Him. AS we come TO understand moro
clearly the lava OF the physical universe
we gradually look beyond apparent TO real truths
SO, We study the great system Of correspondence
revealed In the writings OF Swedenborg, cease
to be troubled With the apparent contradictions, in
the literal sense of the Scriptures for In the spiritual
sense all the apparent conflicts OF the letter disap
pear The Lords Word, thea, is written IN strict
accordance with the laws by watch the universe was
created, aud must be unfoded, II at alL according
to the laws by which II was written 80 That men
can intellectually see It's true meaning, as they
the truths Of science. Nothing short OF this VIII
fully satisfy the rapidly increasing class OF spiritually
writer able to say, with the late venerable Profess
sor Bush, that he cannot see how any man who de-
sires truth Tor the sake OF leading good and true
life, and can lay aside his preludces, can read the
unfolding OF the Sacred Scriptures M contained In
the writings OF Swedenborg, without seeing and
INTERPRETATION Is true. Truth must be seen in
the light or truth, IN order to be abiding and
and 80 sssns shs not need the
TO confirm us In 1t. Even antiquity will avail
nothing in this age, for the youth OF to-day know
does not 90 around 1t, although their grown and
venerable ancestors, and Churches, believed the con-
trary for thousands of generations, and majority
OF the men on earth believe II now Truth, then
seen in the light Of truth, Is mightler than tho
authority Of men or Churches however aged, for all
| truth IL from God, and even the letter, with It's
apparent truths, needs only the attesation OF mira
ces great names and Churches during the state OF
| childhood and unpreparedness, to see or perceive
| the real truth In Its own light.
The editor OF the HERALD has truly said:-"We
| want IDEAS" Authority, venerable and sanctino-
NOUS, pronounced many OF the discoveries aud In
ventions OF the last few centuries impossible and
even sacrgious, and would have stayed the wheels
| Of progress If possible Even where the
| future happiness and SOULS salvation SO
/ intimately depends AZ on the knowledge
winch may be acquired from careful
study OF that blessed volume, which God has given
us TO lead Us IN the path OF life, It seems that there
Is at least one Church OF sect which would have the
| hesitatlng, doubling and bewdered wanderers,
among the muitiudes OF sects and Cnurcnes Of this
day. bndly give up the exercise OF their God. given
freedom and reason, accept her doctrines and inter-
| pretations OF the Bible, on her authority-blind
leaders OF the bind. The true priests OF the future
| must show the mans comprehension that the doc
trInes and interpretations they teach are rational
and true and then an appeal to authority or anti.
guilty VIII be a. unnecessary and absurd as such an
appeal would be to-day to prove the true course OF
the circulation Of the blood. Not back to Rome, but