The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-24

Jesus Christ the Oaly God--Ore Person In tho
Trinit y--fncturc by the Rev. II. *. Reyes
on the Doctrines Of swedcnbcrs.
A very large and mixed asscmblage was gathered
last evening at 5teinway Hall 10 listen the Scrip
lures expounded according the doctrine OF
Emanuel Swedenborg. The Rev. Il. R. Reyes was
the preacher and took tor his text, "And when He
was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved,
saying, Who il thiss And the multitude said, This
IS Jesus the prophet OF Nazareth OF Gaiileeo MAT
thew x. I'll He then proceeded to say:-On the Mon.
day before Jesus Christ cruci1cd He made q
trumphal entry into Jerusalem. Before that time He
had lived In seclusi0n and in The humble home OF
His parents. Now He had changed His mode of life
ana had come out In new character and when the
strangers VINO had come into the city co join In the
Passover were inqurlng, Would He conner Jesus
came suddenly into their midst. lie entered riding
on an ass, surrounded by thousands. VINO threw
their clothing ana branches OF trees before him.
This strange spectacle surprised The people and
made him the object OF universal attention. who
IL this !" cried they. and the answer came:This is
JESUS or NAZARETH,
the prophet OF Gslilee." Tue same question
mas mas, for eighteen hundred years agitated the
some answer. .Jesus SUI, Of '' Nazareth" " while hi
Others give dinorent definitions. Iheologlana have
say he IL great and good man. while others allow
nun 10 hayea supernatural character. IL is, how
Trintarians. Tue Trinltarians believe him to be-
the second person OF the Trinity, who, with the
Father and the Holy Spirit, makes up the Trinity.
The Unitarian believes Him 10 be person IN HMseif,
the messenger Of God. and not having any OF the
attributes OF divine being.
But neither OF these Is right, and the only true
solution OF the question Is that propounded by
Emanuel SwedeDborg one hundred years ago. 1t Ia
clear and simple ana is the only one allowed by the
Scriptures. IL anlrms the personal oneness Of God,
that Jesus Christ is person with divine character.
istics, and that there can be only such person.
understood. to show that there WAS more than one
Divine Being. TO believe there were would be to
admit that two Rsdsemers acting the same part
~ and my Father are one;i and again, 'He that
has seen me has seen my Father.n Then would the
Irinlt8rian make them two. ST. Paul says the
JEHOVAH OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
and the Jesus Of the New are one aud the same,
for he was Intimately acquainted with Jesus. There
fore the Lord our God S one Lord and this one God
~ our Redeener The Lord Jesus Christ is declared
10 be the Redeemer and Saviour Of the world. Then
Jehovah and Jesus are the same unless there were
TWO SaviOurs. The Church having declined from
came necessary that He should By natural means
reveal BIS truths to man. Hence 1t was He took the
form u man IN the Incarnation. God Is infinite.
SENT but the form he took was only present
IN one place at time. The Lord Is Omnsctent, but
Jesus Christ knew only what was passing in His
own sphere. Swedenborg denied that there were
three persons In the Trinity yet believed IN the trinity
co re and nsptse in the name Of tEe Fstnsr SoS
and Holy Spirit" yet when they baptized In the
name OF the Lord Jesus Christ they believed they
had dOue the Will Of their Master and that II was
one and the same thing. 1t has been asked, why
should divine person pray TO the first person OF
the Trinity, why not to the divinity within himself;
and
VINO TOOK CARE OF THE WORLD WHEN CHRIST DIED ?
But this Is by no means denial OF the doctrine oil
SwedeDborg. God Is present In every single tree,
yet He IL equally In all trees and He IL In me and
still In every other man; and SO when he died upon
the cross DE Was in every the all-seeng Deity
that He IS now. The person who rode into Jerusa-
lem was not altogether God; but the real person
WHO looked forth into the world 10 spirit was the
real God.
MI. Keyes continued In his discourse raising OBJ
lections only tn disprOve them by Holy Writ. He
was listened 10 With marked attention throughout.