The New York herald., 1871-12-24
The Two Great Revelations.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
God revealed Is IN the BOOK OF Nature ana In the
sacred Scriptures. In nature, or in the physical
world, the innowtng life VIII be varied according to
the forms furnished by men In the mechanical arts
and by culture in the vegetable ana animal king
doms; but all power and life from the Lord and
this manifest In the moving OF the majestic eD
CINE and train, the dash of intelligence over the
telegraphic wires, and in the cultivated flower,
plant or animal, as IN the wheelbarrOw, carrier
pigeon and wild flowers. plants and animals o. old.
Then have literally In the book Of nature mani
festation OF the directions and thoughts OF Crea-
ter even to the most minute particulars Of form
color and shape-all, whether cultivated uncutl-
vated are living manifestations OF spiritual prlnc
Piles.
SO the sacred Scriptures, to be the Word OF God
must be inspired as much In the most minute word
In the grandest message; every word and part Of
q word must be alive with spirit and life to be in
harmony with Gods works. and in this respect must
differ as much from the words OF men as do the
works of God from the works OF men. The Lord
has clothed His Word wi tn human language taken
from the minds Of lawgvers prophets and disciples,
and the external language varies according to the
culture Of the latter but the Lord us that
His words are spirit and they are life. Your
correspondent 'Catholicus." may deny this. but as
y Il fSs ns af nsra s0 Of Of
days and to enable us to see Intellectually
the as the centre OF our solar system the heart
as the centre OF the circulation and that electricity
and steam are useful agents, and that human free
dom, especially nspirtual things, is most desirable
ideas which are revoi1rionizng this age on n the
physical piain, should now into the minds Of In
denance Of the anathemas OF the Catholic Church,
so 1t has required no .Inrallible" Pope or Church
Interpretation OF Gods revealed word; Tor na1llbie
men and their followers are not apt to be humble
nea nea nsoas nsR sus Tse asc
pies oI our Lord when on earth were
been any more than the herald Of the prophetical
New Jerusalem could have been chosen from among
these latter days has chosen good, earnest nquir
ing man-Emanual pwedenborg philosopher,
the spiritual sense Of the sacred SCRIPTURES and the
great law. OF correspondence between natural and
We're written. and also tne state Of man after death.
1t needs no 'nfallible Church." no infable teach
ers, to tell us that the interpretations are correct
that the corresponding Of nature are CORE CT
The intelligent reader intellectually comprehends
then, like corresponding scientific knowledge,
passes from the realm OF speculation to that or ac
now wonderful, grand and beautiful is this
science OF corre5pondences may be seen at glance
The sun corresponds to the Lord, who IS the sun
light and heat which 1llumnates and warns the
physical earth and the bodies OF men. The light
and heat or the natural sun correspond to the
truth and love from the LOrd-the spiritual sun
which nows down TO the souls or spirits Of men,
enightening and warming the mental earth, or our
our minds. The natural clouds adapt
and modify the light and heat OF the
natural sun to mans natural eyes and body and for
this reason they correspond to the literal sense OF
the sacred Scriptures, which adapts and m0di6es
the divine truth and love -1cwing through the re-
veaed word TO mans spiritual vision aud body.
Let "Catholicusn but read the writings OF the
grand old swedish seer and ne VIII need no "infalli.
BILE Church," or teacher to convince him that all
the days to the end Of the Catholic Cnurcn have been
fully numbered, and that the Lord at tns DAY COM
heaven, In the letter OF Scriptures
veang those glorious truths which are making this
age new and warning the hearts OF men to noble
deeds OF charity, justice, liberaty and good will.
The day Is indeed surely dawning when the
HERALD's antcipatlons OF unity among Christians
shall be realized out 1t will be unity OF varieties
the bonds OF charity. each striving TO do good to ALL
]. K.